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Drivers identified in deadly Bell County crash

Texas DPS responded to a crash that killed two people on FM 439.

BELL COUNTY, Texas — Texas Department of Public Safety has identified the two drivers who died in a crash early Monday morning on Farm to Market 493 in Bell County. 

DPS identified the drivers as 30-year-old Macayla Meshell Bartek and 46-year-old Lance Scott Jerome Walker. 

According to DPS, around 4:15 a.m., Meshell was traveling west in a Chevrolet truck on FM 439. The department says Walker was traveling eastbound on the same road when the two cars collided head-on. 

Both Bartek and Walker were pronounced dead at the scene, according to DPS. 

DPS says it's still unclear which car crossed over into the opposite lane, and the investigation is still ongoing. 

There is currently no other information available at this time. 

Bartek's husband Nathan Bartek has created a GoFundMe to raise money for funeral costs and other expenses for their children. The link to GoFundMe can be found here.

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