A woman and her child were killed when they were struck by a vehicle along Interstate 20 in Mesquite Monday night, police say.
It happened at about 11 p.m. Monday along westbound I-20 near the High Country Lane overpass, on the eastern edge of Mesquite.
According to a police spokesman, the woman was driving a BMW sedan with her 3-year-old son when it collided with a Nissan sedan, disabling both cars. The woman and child got out of the car and tried to get to a safe location when they were struck by another car.
The child and the woman, identified by police as 30-year-old Jennifer Young of Benbrook, were both pronounced dead a the scene. Police did not provide the child's name.
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An 18-wheeler also crashed into the wrecked BMW.
No other injuries were reported.
All westbound lanes of I-20 were closed overnight at FM-741 as police investigated. The highway was reopened shortly after 7 a.m.
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Mesquite police said this is their fifth fatality crash of 2022, resulting in 7 deaths, as compared to 2 fatality crashes for the same period in 2021, resulting in 2 deaths.
The investigation into the incident remains ongoing.
