Atlanta woman killed in accident

On July 1, 39-year-old Kayla Parris of Atlanta resident was killed on Highway 59 after being thrown from the vehicle after driver Zamanthyre Haire, male, 36, of Texarkana, Texas lost control of a 2003 Ford Expedition causing the vehicle to roll and eject Parris according to a police report. Neither party in the vehicle was wearing a seatbelt. Haire was not injured.

DPS reports that the preliminary investigation indicates that the Ford Expedition was northbound on US 59 when it lost control and went into the median where it struck the guardrail and rolled over. The passenger was then ejected.