The Arlington Police Department is investigating a fatality accident that occurred overnight along State Highway 360 near Division Street in east Arlington.
Just before 2:00am, Arlington Fire Department, Police Department, and EMS were called to the crash on northbound State Highway 360 near Division Street. A driver and passenger were inside of a vehicle that had been involved in a crash and was stalled in the lanes of traffic. The driver had just taken off his seatbelt when another vehicle collided with the stalled vehicle.
The driver of the stalled vehicle was killed in the second crash. He has been identified as a 24-year-old man from Weatherford. His passenger was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The driver of the second vehicle who collided with the stalled vehicle was found to be intoxicated at the time of the crash, police say. He was arrested on an Intoxication Manslaughter charge.
All lanes of northbound State Highway 360 were closed for several hours while Arlington police investigated the scene.