Trucker admits he was asleep before I-20 crash that killed 5, affidavit says
The DPS trooper said when he got to the scene of the crash on Saturday, he saw body parts of multiple people scattered around the road.
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The DPS trooper said when he got to the scene of the crash on Saturday, he saw body parts of multiple people scattered around the road.
The sudden loss of the 48-year-old has left a deep and painful void, one that her sister and daughter are still coming to terms with.
The devastating crash on I-20 that left five people dead and one critically injured is raising new questions about the push toward autonomous trucking.
Julius Reeves said in his over 30-year career as a truck driver, he's never seen anything like what he saw on Saturday.
Emergency crews responding to the crash called it horrific and a mass casualty event.
Her family is requesting privacy following her tragic death.
Family members said that 20-year-old Evan McKellar is still alive, fighting for her life in critical condition.
Federal investigators are examining the role driver fatigue may have played in a deadly I-20 crash near Terrell over the weekend.
"It's like a bomb went off. Looking at it, you couldn't even tell how many cars were affected because it was that bad."
Police said the teen was lying in the roadway when they arrived at the scene.
Residents who live off I-20 in Kaufman County, near where the deadly crash allegedly caused by a semi driver falling asleep at the wheel happened, said they're still shaken by what they witnessed.
Five people are dead and a sixth person is in the hospital after the crash that shut down I-20 near Hiram Road on Saturday, authorities said.
The settlement resolves a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the father of Andre Craig, who died after a collision with a police vehicle in Fort Worth.
Footage shared by local media showed billows of smoke coming from the balloon in flames as it hurtled towards the ground in Brazil on Saturday.
Kelvin Joseph Jr. was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated and collision involving personal injury or death, police said.
On Sunday, 18-year-old Ava Moore was kayaking at Grapevine Lake when she was struck and killed by a jet ski, police said.
According to investigators, it's believed that the victim entered the road near the overpass and was struck by a vehicle.
Rocky Patterson, 63, has been charged with three counts of manslaughter for the deaths of Tommy Moorehead III, 41, and a 6-year-old and 4-year-old, DPS said.
According to a spokesperson with Texas DPS, the crash happened around 4:30 a.m. in the southbound lanes of the Dallas North Tollway, near the Galleria.
According to the preliminary investigation, a car traveling north struck the concrete barrier and caught fire.
The crash remains under investigation.
"She was a bright, vivid little girl."
The driver of the car, whose name has not been released, was pronounced dead at the scene. Officers said open containers of alcohol were found inside his car.
Two people were ejected from their vehicle Thursday morning, Dallas police said, in a crash involving an 18-wheeler.
Police said the teen lost one of his Crocs while trying to cross I-35E with friends.
