2 victims of fatal wrong-way PGBT crash identified

The two people killed in a head-on collision involving a wrong-way driver early Thursday morning have been identified.

Katherine S. Long, 22, of Frisco, was driving a gray Honda Civic east in westbound lanes of the President George Bush Turnpike when she collided with an oncoming black Ford Taurus, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. The driver of the Taurus was identified as Joseph M. Wallace, 53, of Rockwall.

The accident reportedly occurred around 2:30 a.m.

A preliminary police investigation indicated Long had made a U-turn onto the westbound PGBT near Midway and began driving the wrong way, police said. Troopers who had been on the right shoulder of eastbound PGBT ran to the dividing concrete barrier and tried to get the Civic to stop, police said.

Long died at the scene, police said. Wallace was transported to Medical City Plano, where he later died.

The crash remains under investigation, police said.

This story was originally published June 28, 2019 at 9:08 AM.