1 arrested after multi-vehicle crash and stabbing incident closes I-635 in Dallas for hours
DALLAS – All lanes of westbound I-635 were shut down Tuesday morning while police investigated a crash involving multiple vehicles and a stabbing incident.
The crash happened around 7 a.m. Tuesday in the westbound lanes of I-635 near Forest Lane in Dallas.
Dallas police said a man who was involved in a crash started fighting one of the involved drivers. Another driver tried to stop the fight, but was stabbed by the man.
A Texas Department of Transportation employee saw the accident and stopped to assist. The man got into the TxDOT vehicle, hit the employee with the vehicle and crashed.
Police said another driver saw the TxDOT employee get hit and stopped to help. The man then got into that person's vehicle and hit that driver.
When the man got out of the vehicle, several Good Samaritans were able to hold him down until officers arrived, police said. The man was arrested and charges are pending.
Dallas Fire-Rescue transported a total of three victims to local hospitals. The man was also taken to a local hospital as a precaution.
The driver who was stabbed is in critical condition and the other two victims are in stable condition, according to police.
As of 11:15 a.m., all lanes of westbound I-635 reopened.
