1 dead, 3 hospitalized in crash involving multiple 18-wheelers on I-20 in Palo Pinto County
PALO PINTO COUNTY, Texas - One person is dead and three others are hospitalized after a crash that involved four 18-wheelers and another vehicle on I-20, near the Palo Pinto/Parker county line.
The wreck happened just after 5 p.m. Friday, in the westbound lanes of the interstate.
Texas Department of Public Safety investigators found that traffic was moving slowly because of a previous crash.
An 18-wheeler slowed because of the traffic, and the passenger vehicle and another 18-wheeler behind slowed as well. DPS said a third 18-wheeler failed to slow, hitting the 18-wheeler in front of it, which caused that 18-wheeler to crash into the passenger vehicle.
A fourth 18-wheeler then struck some of the vehicles involved.
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Investigators said all the vehicles involved, except for the 18-wheeler that was in the front, caught fire and burned.
According to DPS, the driver of the 18-wheeler that failed to stop was pronounced dead at the scene. Their name has not yet been released.
The driver of the second 18-wheeler, 62-year-old Adan Rodriguez, of El Paso, was taken to a hospital in Weatherford.
The driver of the passenger vehicle, 38-year-old Johnathan Haines, of Arlington, and a 36-year-old passenger were taken to a Tarrant County hospital.
The conditions of those who were injured were not released.
There were three other occupants on the other two 18-wheelers, but they were not injured.
No further details have been released at this time.