Temple police identify two elderly people killed in collision on Sept. 28

Published: Sep. 30, 2023 at 9:17 AM CDT
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TEMPLE, Texas (KWTX) - The Temple Police Department on Oct. 3 identified the two people killed in a wreck last week as 91-year-old Chester Smith and 80-year-old Connie Smith.

On Sept. 28 at around 6:15 p.m., officers responded to the collision at the intersection of SH 317 and Little Mexico Road. One of the vehicles involved in the collision was carrying three people and crashed with the second vehicle carrying one person.

Two other people were injured in the wreck. EMS arrived on scene and moved all four people to a nearby hospital.

One victim died on Sept. 29 and a second died on Sept. 30.