2 dead, 2 hospitalized after wrong-way crash in Ellis County
MIDLOTHIAN, Texas - Two people were killed and two others were sent to a hospital following a crash in Ellis County overnight Friday.
The wreck happened at about midnight on US 287 in Midlothian, southeast of Fort Worth.
Midlothian police said they got a call that a vehicle was going the wrong way on the highway, and before officers arrived, there was a head-on crash.
Officers arrived to find one of the vehicles was on fire. They were able to put out the flames.
The driver and a passenger in the vehicle that was going the wrong way were pronounced dead at the scene. They were identified as 38-year-old Lakeshia Savala and 38-year-old Joanna Cain.
Police said another passenger from that vehicle, along with the driver of the other vehicle involved, were flown to a hospital in critical condition.
The southbound lanes of the highway, near South Midlothian Parkway, were shut down for several hours while police investigated the crash.