Intoxicated man arrested for causing crash that killed child in Grand Prairie
The Grand Prairie Police Department is investigating a fatality accident that claimed the life of a child.
At around 11:40pm, a driver stopped his vehicle in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 30 near the Belt Line Road exit after fleeing from the scene of another crash up the highway. As he stopped on the highway, a passenger vehicle rear-ended his vehicle.
The driver of the passenger car who collided with the stopped vehicle was transported to a local hospital with serious injuries. There were two children inside the vehicle who were also transported to a children’s hospital. Unfortunately, one of the children died as a result of injuries sustained in the crash. Both children were properly restrained in the back seat of the car.
The driver who stopped on the highway, identified as a 31-year-old man, was found to be intoxicated at the time of the collision. He has been arrested and charged with one count of Intoxication Manslaughter and two counts of Intoxication Assault.
