The crash remains under investigation. Author: Reagan Roy Updated: 10:57 AM CDT May 10, 2021 SMITH COUNTY, Texas — The video above is from May 4, 2021. Four people are dead and one person was injured following a Sunday evening head-on collision on Highway 31 East in Smith County. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, the crash occurred around 4:45 p.m. on Highway 31 E. between County Road 245 and County Road 246, just west of Country Tavern. The preliminary crash report indicates the driver of a Nissan, identified as Marcellia Jones, 36, of Henderson, was traveling east on Highway 31, when for an unknown reason, the vehicle traveled into the westbound lane and struck a Cadillac, driven by Genous Lee Jackson, 44, of Longview, head-on.