Two killed in I-35W crash at Heritage Trace identified

Two people killed in a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 35W at Heritage Trace Parkway on Monday night were identified Tuesday.

Gabrielle Estelle, 19, and Alexander Trejo, 23, were pronounced dead at 8:45 p.m. Monday in the 9500 block of the North Freeway, the Tarrant County medical examiner’s office reported.

The two were passengers and died from blunt force trauma, according to the medical examiner.

Fort Worth police said they had to be extricated from their vehicle.

The two killed were in a Ford Fusion that was rear-ended by a Ford Explorer, which caused the SUV to hit a concrete center wall, Tamara Pena, a Fort Worth police spokeswoman, said. The Explorer and another vehicle collided.

Four other adults were taken to John Peter Smith Hospital with minor injuries, Matt Zavadsky, a MedStar spokesman, said.

Three of those were in the Fusion with Estelle and Trejo, police said.

All southbound lanes of the interstate near the accident were closed until midnight. Traffic was diverted onto the service road.

Police traffic investigators had not reported the cause of the crash by Tuesday evening.

This story was originally published December 21, 2015 at 10:35 PM with the headline "Two killed in I-35W crash at Heritage Trace identified."