On September 14, 2024, at about 1:00 p.m., Dallas Police and Fire Rescue responded to a three vehicle crash on the southbound lanes of Interstate 45 near Simpson Stuart Road.
The preliminary investigation determined a vehicle was northbound on Interstate 45, when it collided with a second vehicle, causing the first vehicle to cross the median, go into southbound traffic, and hit two vehicles in the southbound lanes, before crashing into the guardrail and flipping over.
Three people inside the first vehicle died at the scene.
The driver of the second vehicle self-transported to a local hospital.
Both drivers of the vehicles involved in the southbound lanes were taken to local hospitals. One driver died at the hospital and the other driver’s condition is unknown.
Lanes of southbound I45 were closed while Dallas police investigated the scene.