Two triple fatality crash victims identified as 19-year-old Fort Worth women
Two 19-year-old women have been identified among the three people killed early Saturday morning in a multiple-vehicle crash in south Fort Worth.
One of the crash victims, Taunya Lynn Freeman, graduated from O.D. Wyatt High School last year and dreamed of a career as an ultrasound tech, according to her family and social media.
Family members told Star-Telegram media partner WFAA-TV that Freeman and two of her coworkers were in a car together. One of her friends was killed and the other hospitalized.
“She was so young, and she had so much, you know, go in her to do, and it’s gone and she’s gone,” Freeman’s grandmother Taunya Sims told WFAA.
Family members identified Freeman’s friends as sisters Kianna White, 19, and Kiarra White, 18. Kianna, who was a mother of two toddlers, was killed in the crash, and Kiarra is hospitalized in the ICU, according to GoFundMe account.
Officers were called to 700 W. Risinger Road about 4 a.m. Saturday, April 5, in response to the major accident, according to a police spokesperson. Three people, including Freeman and Kianna White, died at the scene.
Three other victims were taken to hospitals. One of them was in critical condition, according to MedStar, and the other two had minor injuries. Two other people were treated for minor injuries and released at the scene.
The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office hasn’t publicly released the name of the third person who died. Police said they are actively investigating the cause of the fatal pileup crash, which occurred near railroad tracks but did not involve a train. No arrests have been made.
Freeman was working toward getting her own place to live, and she had goals and dreams for her life, Sims said.
“She was a well-mannered child,” the teen’s grandmother told WFAA. “She was sweet as she could be, soft-spoken. She loved her brothers and sisters, loved her mom, her dad,” Sims said. “She was a good person.”
Freeman’s mother has started a GoFundMe to help cover her daughter’s funeral expenses.
“My heart is shattered,” she said in the fundraiser.
Kianna White “was known for her beautiful personality, always welcoming wherever she went, always with a big smile,” her family wrote on their GoFundMe page. “She was the kind of person who would give anybody her last. She was a loving daughter, sister, niece, cousin, but most importantly, a mother. Kianna was a bright spark in this world and will be deeply missed by all of our family and friends.”
This story was originally published April 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM.
