Child, two women killed after their car is hit by wrong-way driver in Dallas County
Two women and a child were killed early Sunday by a wrong-way driver while authorities were trying to get his attention on U.S. 175 in Seagoville, police said.
Authorities have not released the names of the victims in the crash, which occurred shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday. Seagoville is about 50 miles east of Fort Worth in Dallas County.
Crandall police first responded to a report of a a blue Chevrolet pickup truck traveling west in the eastbound lanes of U.S. 175. Officers tried to illuminate the pickup truck with spotlights in an attempt to gain the driver’s attention.
The wrong-way driver accelerated speed and continued on the highway, entering the Seagoville city limits from Kaufman County, police said.
At some point, the Chevrolet pickup collided head-on with a Toyota sedan on eastbound U.S. 175 near FM 1389, killing the two women and child in the car.
The man in the pickup truck was taken by a medical helicopter to a Dallas hospital.
Investigating officers at the scene believe intoxication was a factor in the crash.
Seagoville police said a search warrant was executed on the driver to obtain a specimen of his blood for analysis of its alcohol content.
