2 killed in wrong way-crash on R.L. Thornton Freeway
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DALLAS - Two people were killed, and a woman is in the hospital after an early morning wrong-way crash on R.L. Thornton Freeway in Dallas on Tuesday.
Dallas Police say that around 1:35 a.m. a pickup truck was traveling south in the northbound lanes of the highway when it crashed into a car traveling north near Camp Wisdom Road.
Police say the car then crashed into a flatbed truck that was also traveling north.
The driver of the car and driver of the truck were both declared dead at the scene.
A female passenger in the car was taken to the hospital, but is expected to survive.
The flatbed truck driver was not injured.
Dallas police are investigating the crash.