The Dallas County Sheriff’s Office is still searching for the tow-truck driver involved in a fatal multivehicle crash Saturday — even after another motorist was already arrested.
The initial collision was caused by a red tow truck hitting a minivan on Interstate 30 near 2nd Avenue, according to a news release Monday from the sheriff’s office. The van, a 2006 Chrysler Town & Country, spun into oncoming traffic, the sheriff’s office said, and the tow truck fled the scene.
An individual stopped to help, but he was struck when a 2017 Chevrolet Tahoe collided with him and the wrecked van, the release states. Donald Collins, 25, was pronounced dead at a hospital. An unidentified passenger in the van was transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
County sheriff traffic units were dispatched at 2:23 a.m.
The driver of the Tahoe, 33-year-old Irma Nelly Martinez, was arrested on charges including intoxication manslaughter and intoxication assault with vehicle, per the release.
The sheriff’s Vehicle Crimes Unit is trying to locate the driver of the red tow truck.
Authorities are requesting that anyone with details or dash camera footage of the incident contact VCU@dallascounty.org or 214-589-2343.
According to a new report, Dallas, Fort Worth and Arlington have some of the highest traffic accident rates in the country.