DALLAS — A man is dead and another person is injured after a truck hit a pedestrian trying to cross I-30 at Beckley Avenue shortly after 5 a.m. Monday, according to the Dallas County Sheriff's Office.
Officers say a man, who has yet to be identified by the Dallas County Medical Examiner's Office, tried to cross the highway when he was hit by a Toyota Tundra truck. Right after that, an 18-wheeler ran into the Toyota truck, which caused the 18-wheeler to jackknife and leak fluid. Traffic was redirected toward the Beckley Avenue exit due to the leaking fluid.
The driver of the 18-wheeler was taken by Dallas Fire-Rescue to Methodist Hospital in stable condition.
This was the second reported fatal accident to happen in Dallas County overnight. In the first, which happened right before midnight, a woman died after her car crashed into a pickup hauling a tractor-trailer on Interstate 20 West.
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