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16-year-old Orange girl killed in Tyler County head-on wreck Wednesday afternoon

Troopers are still investigating the wreck which happened when the road was wet from a previous rainfall.

SPURGER — Texas State Troopers want to know what led to a crash that killed one person and injured three others Wednesday afternoon in Tyler County.

Investigators tell 12News the driver of a 2001 Pontiac Grand Prix was heading eastbound on FM 1013. She crossed the center line and hit a 2015 Ford Mustang head-on about five miles East of Spurger.

Troopers say a 16-year-old girl from Orange, who a backseat passenger in the Pontiac, wasn't wearing a seatbelt and was thrown from the vehicle. She died at the scene.

Marissa Gilchriest, 16, of Orange, was the rear passenger pronounced dead by Justice of the Peace Trisher Ford, the Texas Department of Public Safety said in a news release Sept. 28.

The 25-year-old driver and a front seat passenger survived and were rushed to Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital with serious injuries.

Paramedics also rushed the driver of the Ford to St. Elizabeth with serious injuries.

Rain may have been a factor. Investigators say the roads were wet at the time of the accident.

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