Two people were killed in a fatal head-on collision in the southbound lanes of the Dallas North Tollway, officials said.
DALLAS — A fatal, head-on collision closed the southbound lanes of the Dallas North Tollway near Interstate 635 Sunday morning, officials said.
Officials responded to a crash Sunday around 4:34 a.m. in the southbound lanes of the Dallas North Tollway near I-635, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) said in a press release.
According to DPS, a 2020 Dodge Durango was heading the wrong way on the DNT and crashed head-on into a 2018 Mercedes CLA250.
The driver of the Mercedes was pronounced dead at the scene, and a passenger in the Mercedes was pronounced dead at a local hospital, officials said. A second passenger in the Mercedes was taken to the hospital with critical injuries, per DPS.
DPS confirmed that the driver of the Dodge Durango was taken to a local hospital with serious injuries, and intoxication is suspected.
Officials said the identities of the victims will be withheld until the next of kin have been notified.
The southbound lanes reopened by 10 a.m. Sunday.
