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Three people died in separate crashes early Saturday morning across the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
The collisions spanned northeast Dallas, Red Bird and Arlington — one even setting a vehicle ablaze.
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Officers were dispatched shortly before 2 a.m. to the 3800 block of east Interstate 30, near Great Southwest Parkway, after 911 callers reported a major crash involving two vehicles.
According to Sgt. Richard Coleman, an Arlington police spokesman, investigators believe the driver of a white sedan was traveling westbound when they lost control of their vehicle and collided with a gray sedan.
The white sedan then struck a wall and caught fire, according to Coleman.
Arlington firefighters responded and extinguished the blaze, but Coleman said the driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the gray sedan was taken to the hospital for treatment. The extent of their injuries was not immediately clear.
The investigation into what factors may have caused the crash is ongoing, Coleman said.
Officers were dispatched about 1 a.m. over reports of a major accident in the 8400 block of Walnut Hill Lane, near Greenville Avenue, in northeast Dallas.
Police said Dallas Fire-Rescue crews also responded and took two people to the hospital, where one was pronounced dead.
The victim’s name was not released, and no additional information was immediately available.
Officers responded about 3 a.m. to reports of a major accident in the 7000 block of South R.L. Thornton Freeway, near West Laureland Road, in Red Bird.
Investigators said the driver of a vehicle that had been “involved in a collision” was pronounced dead at the scene.
The victim’s name was not released, and no additional information was immediately available.
Jamie Landers is a breaking news reporter at The Dallas Morning News. She is a graduate of The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Phoenix, where she studied journalism and political science. Jamie previously reported for The Arizona Republic and Arizona PBS.
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