6 dead, 3 injured in Johnson County, Texas, crash; victims include 2 young kids ages 9, 10
Six people are dead and three injured after a head-on collision Tuesday in Johnson County, Texas, officials say.
The Texas Department of Public Safety stated on X there was a major crash along a highway in the Nemo area, approximately 50 miles southwest of the Dallas, Fort Worth area.
According to a Wednesday release from DPS, the six people who died were all riding in one of the two cars involved in the crash. They ranged from 9 years to 64 years old.
Preliminary investigation shows that a Chevrolet Silverado truck was traveling south on U.S. 67. A Honda Odyssey van was traveling north on the same road, where the posted speed limit is 70 mph. DPS investigators believe the truck entered the northbound lane in a no-passing zone and struck the van in a head-on collision.
One passenger in the van lived and was transported to the hospital with critical injuries, according to the release. The two people in the truck also sustained critical injuries and were hospitalized, DPS said.
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Officials release information on crash victims, youngest are ages 9, 10
Wednesday's release identified the driver of the van as Rushil Barri, 28, of Irving, Texas. He died in the crash along with five other passengers from Alpharetta, Georgia.
The sole survivor in the minivan was 43-year-old Lokesh Potabathula. Authorities identified those who died as Potabathula's wife, 36-year-old Naveena Potabathula; the couple’s children, 9-year-old Nishidha Potabathula and 10-year-old Krithik Potabathula; and Naveena Potabathula’s parents, 60-year-old Sitamahalakshmi Ponnada and 64-year-old Nageswararao Ponnada.
Lokesha Potabuthula and two 17-year-olds in the pickup truck – Luke Resecker and Preston Glass of Glen Rose – were taken to Fort Worth hospitals in critical condition.
Only two people in the van were wearing their seatbelts, according to the release.
Contributing: The Associated Press