2 children, 3 adults hospitalized after head-on crash in Burleson

Five people were hospitalized, three in critical condition, Sunday night after a head-on collision near a Dollar General, according to city officials.

Two children were taken to Cook Children’s Medical Center, a man and a woman were taken to John Peter Smith Hospital, and another woman was taken to Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital, MedStar spokesman Matt Zavadsky said.

CareFlite flew one of the children, a 3-year-old boy, to Cook Children’s in critical condition and a 67-year-old Burleson woman to JPS before 7:30 p.m., Zavadsky said.

An update on the conditions of all five patients was unavailable Monday afternoon.

MedStar responded to the 911 call at 6:52 p.m., Zavadsky said.

The crash happened in the 7100 block of Farm Road 917 just east of the Dollar General, according to the city of Burleson’s Facebook page.

A blue Honda CRV driven by the 67-year-old woman from Burleson was traveling west on FM 917 when it entered the eastbound lane, Burleson city spokeswoman Sally Ellertson said. A Kia Optima driven by a 36-year-old man from Cleburne was unable to avoid the CRV, and they collided head-on.

The 3-year-old, a 30-year-old woman and a 9-year-old boy were passengers in the Optima, Ellertson said.

The wreck also caused a large oil and fuel spill that shut down both lanes of the road until about 8 p.m.

A second crash happened at the same spot shortly after as a “result of the primary crash,” Zavadsky said. Five people were treated and released at the scene of the second crash, he said.

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This story was originally published October 18, 2015 at 8:05 PM with the headline "2 children, 3 adults hospitalized after head-on crash in Burleson."