DALLAS — Two crashes involving five vehicles had shut down the eastbound lanes of Interstate 20 in southeastern Dallas County on Tuesday morning.
The crash was on the eastbound lanes of the highway near Dowdy Ferry Road. The Dallas Sheriff's Office said they got a call about a major multi-vehicle accident at 4:49 a.m.
When deputies got to the scene, Dallas Fire-Rescue (DFR) was removing a person pinned to his vehicle's dashboard. A DFR official told WFAA that they got reports of a two-vehicle accident with one of them being flipped over.
All lanes of the freeway were shut down by about 5:30 a.m. Drivers were being directed onto Dowdy Ferry in the meantime.
The Sheriff's Office said DFR took three people to a hospital. All three of them - including the man pinned in his car - are said to be in stable condition.
There's no information about the other accident. None of the people involved in either crash have been identified.
According to the Sheriff's Office, all lanes reopened right before 7 a.m.
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