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3 Dead, 7 Injured In Haltom City Crash

HALTOM CITY (CBSDFW.COM) - Three people are dead and 7 people have been injured in a Friday afternoon accident along Highway 121 in Haltom City.

Sgt. Eric Peters with Haltom City Police Department says all 10 were inside a Ford van that went off the road and hit a tree.

6 PM UPDATE from Sgt. Eric Peters

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The accident happened in the 5700 Block of Airport Freeway (Highway 121) in the Southbound lanes.

One woman and two men were killed in the crash.  Peters says all of the passengers were adults, ranging between 18 to 35.

He says there are a number of pieces of paper that spilled out of the van, and that it appears the people in the van were people who travel though neighborhoods hanging leaflets on doors.

KRLD's Matt Thomas on today's wreck

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