On August 4, 2025, at approximately 6:10 am, multiple emergency responders from Parker County ESD #1, Parker County Hospital District EMS, Texas DPS and Parker County Sheriff’s Office responded to a crash at FM 51 and Veal Station Road.
DPS says a passenger car, driven by a 24-year-old man, was traveling northbound on FM 51 south of Veal Station Road when the vehicle hydroplaned due to recent heavy rains. His vehicle veered into the southbound lane of FM 51 and hit an SUV. Both vehicles came to rest in the southbound lane of FM 51.
The 24-year-old driver of the car and one of his passengers, a 19-year-old man, were pronounced deceased at the scene. A 22-year-old sitting in the back of the vehicle was transported to a Fort Worth hospital with serious injuries.
The 35-year-old woman traveling southbound in the SUV was extricated from her vehicle and transported to a Fort Worth hospital with serious injuries.
Lanes of FM 51 were closed while DPS investigators worked the scene.