DPS: Wylie man dies in airborne crash on U.S. 69 near Alto

CHEROKEE COUNTY, Texas (KETK) — A Texas man has died after a fatal crash on Sunday evening southeast of Alto.

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Pye Kervantez Jr., 41 of Wylie, was traveling north on US 69 at around 6:20 p.m. on Sunday when his vehicle went off the road and into a ditch. There, he hit a culvert and went airborne, causing him to be thrown from the vehicle.

DPS confirmed Kervantez was pronounced dead at the scene.

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