4 killed in fiery tractor-trailer wreck on Dallas overpass
DALLAS -- Authorities say four people have died in a fiery wreck on a Dallas overpass after their vehicle became entangled with a tractor-trailer carrying lumber.
Dallas County Sheriff's Department spokesman Raul Reyna said they are still investigating what caused the wreck early Monday morning. He said two adults, including a pregnant woman, and two children died in the vehicle that became entangled with the tractor-trailer.
He says the driver of the tractor-trailer was unharmed. Reyna says that when the vehicles became entangled, the gas tanks on the tractor-trailer ruptured, causing the large fire.
CBS Dallas-Fort Worth reports that Reyna said, "The victims were all in the vehicle, the secondary vehicle. The tractor-trailer driver did make it out okay." The truck driver was able to speak to investigators and said he didn't know if his truck blew a tire or if the passenger vehicle was stalled on the ramp.
CBS Dallas reports that flames lit the sky in the early morning and fallen wood sparked fires on the ground below the ramp. Firefighters tossed wood from the overpass onto the ground as they worked to try and clear the scene.
Burning lumber fell from the overpass onto the ground below. The accident happened on the bridge from westbound Interstate 20 to southbound Interstate 35.