A man was arrested after three people were killed in a fiery, drunken driving crash on Interstate 20 in Arlington Thursday night, police said.
Jose Angel Castro faces three counts of intoxication manslaughter, police said.
The crash happened about 11 p.m. near the S. Center street overpass on eastbound I-20.
The first car was disabled on the shoulder and the second car pulled over on the shoulder to help, police said. The third car was driven by Castro drifted off the highway onto the shoulder and slammed into the first car, which hit the second car, police said.
The two drivers from the first two vehicles were outside their cars and were thrown over the concrete barrier, police said. They were pronounced dead at the scene. The fuel from the cars caught fire and all three vehicles exploded in flames, police said. The third person who was killed was inside one of the vehicles.
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Patrick Beck, 55, and Leah Beck, 23, were identified by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office as two of the three victims killed in the accident. The third victim has not been identified at this time.
Castro made it out of his vehicle safely, police said. Castro faces three counts of intoxication manslaughter and booked into the Arlington Jail.
Investigators are working to track if Castro was served at a bar or club, police said.
