Update:
Updated 10:42 p.m. Sept. 19: Revised to include an additional victim's identity.
Four killed in I-45 crash in Dallas that closed highway for hours Saturday
Two of the four victims in the Saturday crash on Interstate 45, also known as Julius Schepps Freeway, identified
A multivehicle crash killed four people and shut down Interstate 45 in southeast Oak Cliff for several hours.
Dallas Fire-Rescue responded to the crash just before 1 p.m. Saturday, a fire department spokesperson said in an email.
A Dallas police spokesperson said a preliminary investigation determined a vehicle traveling north on I-45 collided with a second vehicle, which caused the first vehicle to cross the median into southbound traffic. The vehicle then struck two vehicles in the southbound lanes before crashing into the guardrail and flipping over.
Three people inside the first vehicle died at the scene, police said. The driver of the second vehicle took themselves to a hospital, while the two drivers in the southbound lanes were taken to the hospital.
Police said one of the southbound drivers died at the hospital, while the other driver’s condition was unknown.
Three of the victims were identified as Jarodrick Smith, 28, and Sergio Perdomo-Bautista, 34, Jose Santos Castellanos, 34, according to Dallas County medical examiner records. It was unclear which vehicle each of the victims was in, and the fourth victim has not yet been publicly identified.
About 3:50 p.m., the police department said in a social media post that all southbound lanes of I-45 were closed at Simpson Stuart Road due to the crash. Dallas police said on X around 9:30 p.m. that the highway had been reopened.
