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PLANO, Texas – State troopers are investigating a fatal hit-and-run crash on the Dallas North Tollway on Tuesday morning.

What we know:

The crash happened around 6:30 a.m. in the northbound lanes of the tollway near Spring Creek Parkway.

According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, investigators believe the driver of an 18-wheeler made an unsafe lane change and struck a Honda Civic.

That caused the Civic to crash into a concrete wall and flip. Two other vehicles then crashed into the Civic.

The driver of the Civic died at the scene. He was identified as 47-year-old Juan Quiroz from Dallas.

The driver of the 18-wheeler kept going and didn’t stop to help.

The two other drivers were not hurt.

What we don’t know:

DPS investigators are still working to find and identify the driver of the 18-wheeler.

They are treating the case as a hit-and-run. 

The Source: The information in this story comes from Texas DPS.

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