The deadly accident occurred just after 9 p.m. on October 12, on U.S. 287 near Alvord.
Wise County, TX – Two people were killed and five others were hospitalized with critical injuries following a two-vehicle traffic collision on Highway 287 in Wise County, according to the Wise County EMS.
The deadly accident occurred just after 9 p.m. on October 12, on U.S. 287 near Alvord.
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), a preliminary investigation revealed that a vehicle with four occupants was traveling northbound when, for some reason, it crossed the grassy median, drove into the southbound lane of U.S.Highway 287, and collided with a vehicle traveling southbound with three occupants.
According to the DPS, two people were pronounced dead at the scene. The identities of the victims were not immediately released.
Five people were critically injured in the accident. Five medical helicopters transported the patients to hospitals across the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. One of the helicopters took a patient to Cook Children’s Hospital in Fort Worth.
The incident remains under investigation.
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