Police: 4 killed after multi-vehicle crash in southeast Dallas

DALLAS — A vehicle collided with two other vehicles on a Dallas freeway, killing four people, police said.

The multi-vehicle crash happened around 1 p.m. Saturday on Interstate 45 in southeast Dallas, police spokesman Michael Dennis said in a statement.

Preliminary investigation has revealed that a vehicle traveling northbound on I-45 struck a second vehicle. The vehicle then crossed the median and headed south, striking two more vehicles.

Dennis said three people in the northbound vehicle died at the scene, and a fourth person in one of the southbound vehicles died at a hospital. Two other people were hospitalized in unknown condition, Dennis said.

The cause of the accident is still under investigation. The names of the dead and injured have not yet been released.