{"id":351006,"date":"2026-06-26T04:18:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T04:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/351006\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T04:18:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T04:18:14","slug":"multiple-fatalities-after-fiery-crash-on-state-highway-171","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/351006\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiple fatalities after fiery crash on State Highway 171"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782447494_903_breakingphoto.png\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"Get breaking news alerts at star-telegram.com\/newsletters\" alt=\"Get breaking news alerts at star-telegram.com\/newsletters\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Get breaking news alerts at star-telegram.com\/newsletters<\/p>\n<p>            Star-Telegram illustration\/Yffy Yossifor photo<\/p>\n<p>A woman from Fort Worth has been identified as one of the six people who died in a crash in Hill County over the weekend, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.<\/p>\n<p>On June 20 at around 4:30 p.m., a two-vehicle collision occurred on State Highway 171 near FM 3155, between Bynum and Malone.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said a Nissan traveling north attempted to pass another vehicle and collided with a Ford van.<\/p>\n<p>Both vehicles went up in flames after the collision, according to the department.<\/p>\n<p>Inside the Ford van were Amanda Fowler, 37, Sarah Johnson, 59, an 8-year-old boy and a 7-year-old girl, from Hillsboro, Texas. All died on the scene. A 10-year-old boy who was injured was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Sallie Evans Benson, 67, of Fort Worth, and Marvin Evans, 50, from Fort Collins, Colorado, were in the Nissan. They died at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>This investigation is ongoing, and families have been notified, the department said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published June 25, 2026 at 6:34 PM.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Get breaking news alerts at star-telegram.com\/newsletters Star-Telegram illustration\/Yffy Yossifor photo A woman from Fort Worth has been identified&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":351007,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-351006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}