Fiery 3-car crash kills 1 driver, injures 2 on Texas 121 in Euless early Thursday morning

One person is dead and two more are injured after a fiery three-vehicle crash on Texas 121 on Thursday morning, officials with the Euless Police Department said in a statement.

According to the statement, witnesses described seeing a Chevrolet SUV traveling at high speeds and weaving through traffic.

The driver of the Chevrolet attempted to pass on the inside shoulder and hit a disabled pickup truck that was parked there, witnesses said.

The Chevrolet then hit a Mazda and became engulfed in flames, police said.

The unidentified driver of the Chevrolet was pronounced dead at the scene.

The occupant of the disabled pickup truck was taken to Baylor Grapevine hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and the driver of the Mazda was evaluated at the scene by paramedics.


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The accident temporarily shut down traffic in the northbound lanes of the highway between Cheek-Sparger and Glade roads.