Quick Facts:
Where: The accident occurred on Highway 287 in Armstrong County, Texas.
What Happened: A passenger vehicle allegedly struck a pickup truck while driving the wrong direction.
Participants:
- Driver of passenger vehicle
- Passenger in vehicle
- Juvenile passenger in vehicle
- Driver of pickup truck
- Passenger in pickup truck
Reported Injuries/Fatalities:
- Driver of passenger vehicle, killed
- Passenger in vehicle, killed
- Juvenile passenger in vehicle, killed
- Passenger in pickup truck, killed
Details:
On or about Wednesday, April 27th, 2022, around 4:30 in the afternoon, a head-on accident between a pickup truck and a passenger vehicle left five people dead. Troopers from the Department of Public Safety said the accident was reported along Highway 287 in Armstrong County, Texas.
Representatives from the Texas DPS said four as-of-yet unidentified adults and a child were killed when a passenger vehicle allegedly struck a pickup truck head-on while driving the wrong direction on Highway 287. Emergency responders pronounced two adults and a child in the passenger vehicle dead after the crash, while two people in the pickup truck were also pronounced dead.
According to Google Maps, Highway 287 winds east and west into Andrews County.
Authorities are still investigating.