ODESSA, Texas (AP) - Authorities say four people were killed and two others were injured during a two-vehicle crash in West Texas.
The accident took place Sunday near Odessa when the driver of a Ford truck going north on a roadway lost control and entered the southbound lane, colliding with a Dodge truck.
The Odessa American reports (https://bit.ly/2nxZ5qv ) the Dodge truck’s driver, 35-year-old Calistro Carrillo of Odessa, died at the scene.
Two people in the Ford truck - 30-year-old Christopher Soliz, the driver, and 29-year-old Elizabeth Navarette of Odessa - died at the scene. An 8-year-old girl was taken to a hospital, where she later died.
Two girls in Soliz’s truck - a 2-year-old and 10-year-old - were hospitalized.
The Texas Department of Public Safety continues investigating what caused the crash.
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