ELLIS COUNTY, Texas — Updated at 12:29 p.m. Friday with information from Texas Department of Public Safety Troopers that the crash was not fatal.
Two people were seriously injured in a major crash involving three-vehicles Thursday on northbound Interstate 45 in southern Ellis County, officials said.
It happened around 1:35 p.m. north of Whitfill Road, approximately 4 miles north of the Navarro County line.
Texas Department of Public Safety Troopers said the driver of a Ford F-150 veered off the service road crossed the median and traveled onto I-45 where it struck a Peterbilt truck.
Due to the impact of the crash, officials said a passenger in the Ford was ejected, before the pickup rolled over, causing the driver to also be ejected from the truck. Investigators do not know what caused the Ford to veer off the road at this time.
The Peterbilt truck also swerved to the left and sideswiped another vehicle, authorities said.
It was initially reported as a fatality crash to DPS Troopers by EMS. But as Troopers continued to work the scene, EMS corrected their information to reflect that no one was killed, officials said.
The driver and passenger were the Ford F-150 were both transported to nearby hospitals with serious injuries. Authorities said the drivers of the other two trucks were not injured in the crash.
The investigation remains ongoing and no other details have been released.
