2-year-old and wrong-way driver killed in fiery crash on Eastex Fwy
Posted on Sunday, July 18th, 2021 at 7:49 pm
HOUSTON, TX – A 2-year-old child and a wrong-way driver were killed in a fiery crash on the Eastex Freeway early this morning, according to KTRK.
The crash happened on the Eastex Freeway, near North Loop 610 at about 3 a.m., as a woman was driving southbound in the northbound lanes of the highway.
She crashed into a vehicle carrying a family of five. The wrong-way vehicle subsequently burst into flames.
The wrong-way driver and a 2-year-old in the other vehicle were killed in the crash.
The remaining four family members, including two young children, were hospitalized with critical injuries.