The scene of the accident Friday evening. The collision resulted in one fatality Courtesy Photo Chandler police and volunteer firefighters responded to the scene of a tragic accident Friday evening around 5:45pm. Two vehicles were involved in a head-on collision on FM 315 South that soon left one driver dead.

Police Chief Ron Reeves said the accident occurred on FM 315 about a mile south of Chandler.

Holly Bircher, 54, was in her blue Toyota Corolla traveling southbound when she blacked out while going up a hill. Reeves said she had been on dialysis and, when she blacked out, her foot pressed down on the gas pedal and she acceler- ated.

"Witnesses stated they did not see a driver, and this leads us to believe she had blacked out and slumped over prior to the crash," Reeves said.

The Corolla moved into oncoming traffic and the first vehicle whose driver saw her managed to swerve out of the way, but the second vehicle, a Chevrolet Impala, or possibly a Malibu, struck Bircher's car.

"The Chevrolet was behind another car that swerved to miss her," Reeves said. "He had no time for reaction."

Bircher was transported to ETMC Tyler, where she was pronounced dead.

The official police report for this incident has not been released at the time of this paper's deadline.