HARTLEY COUNTY, Texas – Six people, including four children, from Cactus are dead and an Amarillo man was injured after an SUV and tractor-trailer collided early Christmas morning in the Texas Panhandle.
The crash was reported at 12:28 a.m. in foggy, wet conditions early Wednesday on U.S. Highway 87 about six miles east of Hartley, according to a statement from the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Investigators believe 31-year Jaredi Mpaweingabire was driving a 2018 Honda Pilot towing a small trailer west on U.S. 87 when, for unknown reasons, it traveled into the eastbound lanes and struck a 2016 Freightliner M2 box truck that was traveling in the eastbound lanes.
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After impact, the trailer detached from the SUV, and the SUV caught fire and became fully engulfed with flames. All six people in the SUV were pronounced dead, including Mpaweingabire and:
Mapendo Olga, 28, of Cactus
A 5-year-old male child from Cactus
A 6-year-old female child from Cactus
A 4-year-old female child from Cactus
A 2-year-old male child from Cactus
The truck’s driver, 36-year-old Tyler Morales of Amarillo, suffered non-life threatening injuries and was taken to Coon Memorial Hospital in Dalhart for treatment. Investigators believe Morales, along with the two adults in the SUV, were wearing seatbelts. It was not immediately clear if the children in the SUV were wearing seatbelts.
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Other factors contributing to the crash were not immediately clear as the investigation is ongoing.
This article originally appeared on Amarillo Globe-News: 2 adults, 4 children killed in crash Christmas day in Texas Panhandle
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