Kendall Jarboe

Truck With Father and Daughter Crashes Into Flower Mound River Walk

The driver died later at the hospital

A 34-year-old man is dead after he crashed the car he was driving into the water near the Flower Mound River Walk Sunday night, Flower Mound police tweeted Monday morning.

The man, identified Monday as Daniel Steven Morrow, and his 8-year-old daughter were in the truck when he drove off the road and into the river, police said. It happened in the 4400 block of Riverside Drive, police said.

Morrow was taken to an area hospital, where he died from his injuries, while his daughter was rescued from the truck, police said.

The accident is still under investigation, and police said officers were looking into the possibility that the man had a medical emergency at the time of the crash.

It's the second time in less than three weeks that a vehicle ended up in the water near the River Walk. On June 28, police received a report of a reckless driver who went airborne into the water, according to the Cross Timbers Gazette.

It is unknown why the vehicle drove into the water. The accident is still under investigation.

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