MESQUITE, Texas — A woman and a young child were killed when they were struck by a vehicle on Interstate 20 in Mesquite late Monday, police said.
The crash happened around 11 p.m. on westbound I-20 on a bridge near Farm Road 741 in east Mesquite.
Police said a woman, identified as 30-year-old Jennifer Young of Benbrook, was driving along the westbound lanes of I-20 when her BMW collided with a Nissan Sentra, disabling both cars. The Sentra, police said, ended up tangled in a steel cable barrier while Young's BMW came to a stop in the middle of the roadway.
Police said Young and her 3-year-old son got out of the MBW to try and get to safety, but an approaching Nissan Altima was not able to stop in time and hit the BMW, Young and her son.
A Freightliner truck, also towing a trailer, also hit the BMW where it was in the roadway.
Police said the woman and the child, whose name was not released, died at the scene. Neither of the other drivers involved were hurt, police said.
Police were still on the scene investigating the crash early Tuesday morning. The westbound lanes of the highway were shut down until shortly after 7 a.m.
Mesquite's police's traffic unit is now investigating the crash, which they said is the fifth fatality crash of 2022. The crashes have already resulted in seven deaths, police said.
In the same period of 2021, there were only two fatality crashes that ended in two deaths.