Wrong-way teen driver kills 6, including 2 children, in Texas, authorities say

Wrong-way teen driver kills 6, including 2 children, in Texas, authorities say

Investigators believe the 17-year-old driver of a pickup truck entered oncoming traffic in a “no passing” area and hit a minivan head-on Tuesday.

Dec. 27, 2023, 8:21 PM EST
By Phil Helsel

Six people were killed in Texas when the teenage driver of a pickup truck went into oncoming traffic and struck a minivan carrying seven people head-on, the Texas Department of Public Safety said Wednesday.

Three people, including the 17-year-old driver of the pickup truck, were hospitalized with critical injuries after the crash Tuesday in Johnson County, which is south of Fort Worth, the Public Safety Department said in a news release. … Two of the dead are children ages 10 and 9.

The crash happened on U.S. Route 67 at around 4 p.m. Tuesday, when the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado with a 17-year-old driver and a passenger was traveling south and entered the northbound lane in a “no passing” zone, the department said.

The truck then struck the 2021 Honda Odyssey, which was traveling north, it said.

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The site of the crash between the Chevrolet Silverado and the Honda Odyssey.Texas Sky Ranger / via NBC Dallas-Fort Worth

The driver of the Odyssey and five passengers died. The sole surviving passenger, a 43-year-old man, suffered critical injuries, the department said.

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