1 dead, 1 critical after crash with 18-wheeler in Dallas, police say
Just before 12:30 p.m., Dallas police were called to Central and 635 for a multi-vehicle crash involving an 18-wheeler.
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Just before 12:30 p.m., Dallas police were called to Central and 635 for a multi-vehicle crash involving an 18-wheeler.
Dallas police say the crash happened around 7:20 p.m. on North Central Expressway near Forest Lane.
Officials said all northbound lanes at US 287 and Erath Street, south of downtown Fort Worth, are open while work continues in the southbound lanes.
The man accused of driving drunk and killing an 18-year-old who stopped to help a motorist is out of jail.
Deputies say the man was walking along the edge of the roadway when he was struck.
Family members identified the victims as 38-year-old Va'Necia Williams and her daughters, 14-year-old Sa'Niah Davis and 9-year-old A'veonia Davis.
Texas DPS said the crash happened around 11:30 p.m. Sunday night.
Police say the Infiniti collided with a Nissan Frontier before hitting a light pole Friday afternoon at a busy Plano intersection.
Scott Mages and Andre Kocher were on a group ride in Pilot Point when they were hit by a truck and killed
Over the weekend, the town of Mabank lost a pillar of the community.
"Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Mabank Fire Department, Mabank PD and the family," The Kaufman County Sheriff's Office said via social media.
Alexis Osmani Gonzalez-Companioni, the truck driver who failed to notice stalled traffic on Interstate 20 in Kaufman County last June, killing five people, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty in court on Thursday.
DPS released the identities of the victims, including the Fort Worth woman, a Colorado man, and four Hillsboro residents.
Emergency crews confirmed the fatality as investigators worked to determine what led to the wreck near University Drive.
Witnesses describe a catastrophic wreck as police charge two men, and a community grieves the loss of three generations.
Dallas police said the investigation is ongoing.
"This heartbreaking tragedy has impacted our entire school community, and our thoughts and prayers are with the students, their families, friends, classmates, and everyone affected," said the district.
Courtney Hodge, who just finished her first year at LSU, was driving back home to Red Oak to spend the holiday weekend with family.
A 19-year-old Ellis County native who had just finished her first year at LSU died in a two-vehicle crash, officials said.
One person died at the hospital after being ejected from a car.
Police said Isaac Chacon, 22, was stopped by witnesses before being taken into custody by officers.
Officers said the crash happened after they tried to handle a traffic stop.
De Aujalae Evans pleaded guilty just hours into the first day of her trial to a charge of intoxication manslaughter in the death of Sgt. Billy Randolph.
The Fort Worth Police Department said that just after 12:30 a.m., officers were called to the incident at North Freeway northbound and Westport Parkway.
The school district said 25 students and five adults were on the bus headed out for a school field trip.
