A sport
utility vehicle smashed into a flatbed trailer parked on the
shoulder of I-20 outside Dallas Monday morning killing a woman
and five of her children. The accident shut down westbound I-20
for about four hours.
The family
allegedly left a reunion in southeast Texas about 2 a.m. The
woman's husband, who was driving, and a sixth child are expected
to survive. None of the passengers reportedly were wearing a
seat belt.
The accident
occurred about 8 a.m. in a rural area about 20 miles east of
Dallas. Two truckdrivers were looking over one of the semis
hauling roofing materials when the Chevrolet Suburban struck
the back of the second truck's trailer.
The SUV
allegedly crossed all three lanes of the interstate before it
crashed into the truck. Both trucks reportedly had pulled over
about 15 minutes before the wreck and were parked legally.
The accident
came one day after a Greyhound bus struck the back of an 18-wheeler
near Colorado City, TX, as the truck merged into traffic from
a rest stop. The collision killed three people and injured about
three dozen more passengers, also on I-20, about 250 miles west
of Dallas.
