DALLAS — Two people are dead, and three others are injured after a crash caused by a driver going the wrong way in the Far North Dallas area on Friday night, police said.
Police said they responded to the two-vehicle crash just after 9 p.m. in the 13900 block of Esperanza Road, near Spring Valley and Coit roads.
According to police, investigators believe a pickup truck was going south in the northbound lane of Esperanza Road "at a high rate of speed" when it struck an SUV head-on.
Police said two people who were in the SUV were transported to a hospital, where they died. Three others were also hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
According to police, a suspect fled the crash scene on foot and is currently at large. Additional details were not immediately released.
Sources told WFAA the two victims who died were teenagers.
Anyone who may have information on the crash or suspect is asked to call police at 214-671-0015.