Five people are injured and one is dead after a crash in Dallas on Monday morning, police said. 온라인카지노사이트 5’s Larry Collins tells us more.
One person is dead and five others are injured after a crash in Dallas on Monday morning.
The crash involving an 18-wheeler and two passenger vehicles happened at 1:27 a.m., according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
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The crash, DPS says, was caused by a driver traveling in the wrong direction and occurred in the southbound lanes of the Dallas North Tollway just north of Royal Lane.
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A passenger vehicle was traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of the Dallas North Tollway when it side-swiped an 18-wheeler, then struck a passenger vehicle head-on, DPS said.
According to DPS, one person was pronounced dead at the scene, and five others were transported to different hospitals with critical injuries.
The driver of the tractor-trailer was not hurt.
Micah Peterson was heading home from Dallas when he came upon the devastating scene on the other side of the tollway.
Two cars were on fire, he said.
“I just seen a lot in my life, I think it’s probably most heartbreaking things I’ve seen,” said the still-shaken young man. “One of the girls was banging on the window. She was asking for... I saw her give up. I seen her put her head back. I don’t know if it was the smoke that got in her lungs and made her do that or she just gave up.”
Peterson says he tried to get out to help but was not allowed to, so he captured a trooper breaking a window and pulling a woman from a burning car.
“It was the victim’s vehicle that caught on fire,” said Sgt. De La Cerda.
The suspected wrong-way driver survived but was rushed to the hospital with critical injuries, said De La Cerda.
When asked by 온라인카지노사이트 5 for an update on the incident and the people involved, De La Cerda replied Monday afternoon, saying there are no new updates to provide.
As of Monday afternoon, DPS also would not say where the wrong-way driver entered the tollway, but did confirm receiving multiple calls reporting the wrong-way driver.
온라인카지노사이트 5 found the nearest ramp the person may have entered the tollway is Northwest Highway, which has four signs, including two with flashing lights, alerting drivers they’re going the wrong way.
Over the years, NTTA has installed several countermeasures in an effort to cut down on wrong-way driving crashes, including: thermal detection, roadway sensors, lowered signs, “Wrong Way” and “Do Not Enter” signs at ramps (some with flashing lights) and raised reflective pavement markers.
DPS is leading the investigation.
While DPS is also not yet revealing whether the wrong-way driver was driving under the influence, NTTA says in general, wrong-way drivers often begin as impaired drivers that then become wrong-way drivers,’ said NTTA spokesman Michael Rey.
The spokesman for DPS said the agency would provide vehicle information and publicly identify the victims once the next of kin was notified.
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