East Texas Appellate Judge Killed On I-30 Crash

Justice David L. Bridges
Rains County Emergency Management

The Presiding Judge of the Fifth District Court of Appeals, Justice David L. Bridges, of Rockwall, was killed at about 9:30 Saturday night on I-30 in a three-vehicle crash allegedly caused by a wrong-way drunk driver. Officials booked 32-year-old Megan E. Smith, of Royse City, into the Hunt County Jail on a charge of Intoxication Manslaughter. Bridges once served as Assistant District Attorney in Smith and Upshur Counties.