Kathryn Lain, Gregory Schilb and Two Girls Killed in Parker County Two-Vehicle Crash on FM 51 near Friendship Road

Kathryn Lain, Gregory Schilb and Two Girls Killed in Wrong-Way Crash on FM 51 in Parker County

Parker County, Texas – Four people were killed and another was seriously injured Sunday afternoon in a wrong-way crash in Parker County, according to the Texas DPS.

The fatal crash happened around 2:18 p.m., May 26, on Farm-to-Market Road 51, just south of Friendship Road.

DPS said a Subaru Legacy crossed into oncoming traffic and crashed head-on into a northbound Ford F-150.

The Legacy driver, 29-year-old Kathryn Lain, of Boyd, was killed in the crash. Three passengers in the Ford, 66-year-old Gregory Daniel Schilb, and two 9-year-old girls were also killed in the crash. The girls were 4th graders at Goshen Creek Elementary School.

The Ford driver, 43-year-old Amber Rae Reed, of Springtown, was airlifted to the hospital with serious injuries. She is a teacher at Goshen Creek Elementary School.

The DPS is investigating the crash.

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