Four dead after mass accident in southeast Dallas

DALLAS – A vehicle involved in an accident crossed into oncoming traffic on a Dallas freeway and collided with two other vehicles. The crash killed four people, police said.

The multi-vehicle crash occurred around 1 p.m. Saturday on Interstate 45 in southeast Dallas, police spokesman Michael Dennis said in a statement.

A preliminary investigation revealed that a vehicle traveling northbound on I-45 collided with a second vehicle and then crossed the median into the southbound lane where it collided with two more vehicles.

Dennis said three people in the northbound vehicle died at the scene, and a fourth person in one of the southbound vehicles died at the hospital. Two other people were taken to a hospital in unknown condition, Dennis said.

The cause of the crash is still under investigation and the names of the dead and injured were not immediately released.