HILL COUNTY, Texas (KWTX) – The Texas Department of Public Safety confirmed to KWTX that six people, including two children, were killed in a fiery head-on collision.
The scene of the deadly wreck is near Hill County Road 3155 West and State Highway 171, which remained closed in all directions in between Bynum and Malone late Saturday night.
The wreck reportedly happened at about 4:30 p.m. June 20.
DPS said the driver of a passenger car traveling northbound on SH 171 attempted to pass another vehicle and crashed into an approaching van.
Both vehicles became fully engulfed in flames, DPS said.
Two adults and two children in the van were killed. A third child riding in the van was taken to a nearby hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries, DPS said.
Two people riding in the passenger car were also killed.
This is a developing story. No further information is available.
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