A 6-year-old girl was killed early Wednesday morning after the car she was in collided with a dump truck in Arlington.
Officers were dispatched about 12:30 a.m. to the westbound lanes of Interstate 20 near the U.S. 287 interchange over reports of a crash, police officials wrote in a news release.
Investigators believe the driver of a Nissan Sentra was distracted by something in the back seat of the car, causing them to take their eyes off the road, when they collided with the back of a dump truck.
The driver of the Sentra and two children were taken to the hospital, where one of the children, a 6-year-old girl, later died. Their identities were not released.
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According to police, the 6-year-old was in a car seat at the time of the accident, but may not have been wearing her seatbelt properly, or had unbuckled it during the drive.
The driver and the other child were treated for non-life threatening injuries. The driver of the dump truck was not injured.