DPS: Marlin residents killed in fiery head-on collision on Highway 6 near Riesel
RIESEL, Texas (KWTX) - UPDATE: The people killed in a fiery head-on collision in Falls County on Sept. 30 were identified as Christopher Woycheshin, 71, and Terry Woycheshin, 67, the Texas Dept. of Public Safety announced.
The Woycheshins lived in Marlin, DPS said.
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The Falls County Sheriff’s Office and the Texas Dept. of Public Safety are investigating a head-on collision involving an 18-wheeler and a wrong-way driver that left two people dead.
The fiery wreck was reported at about 12:45 p.m. on Highway 6 near CR-105.
The sheriff’s office initially described it as a “major accident with multiple fatalities.”
According to DPS, a preliminary investigation indicates the driver of the passenger car was traveling the wrong way in the northbound lanes and collided head-on with the 18-wheeler.
The semi-trailer overturned, and the passenger car became fully engulfed in flames, DPS said.
Two people in the passenger car died, DPS said. The driver of the 18-wheeler sustained minor injuries.
Authorities shut down the highway for hours as crews worked to remove the remains of the victims and the wreckage from the scene.
This is a developing story. No further information was provided.
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