Crash claims lives of MP football player and sister

Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Troopers were called to the scene of a fatal two-vehicle collision on U.S. Highway 271, located just south of the Titus County line, around 2:30 p.m. on June 21.

According to preliminary findings, 16-yearold Gavin Brooks of Mount Pleasant was driving a white Nissan Altima northbound when, for reasons still unknown, the vehicle crossed into the southbound lane…