A pedestrian died early Wednesday morning after being struck by two vehicles on East Northwest Highway near Abrams Road in Northeast Dallas. Police found the person unresponsive in the westbound lanes, and as of Wednesday morning, investigators still had not released the victim's identity.
Dallas police responded to the crash around 3:52 a.m., according to FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth. Officers arriving at the scene found the pedestrian lying in the westbound lanes of the highway, the station reported. Investigators believe a second vehicle struck the victim after the person was already down in the roadway.
Conflicting details have emerged about what happened in the moments surrounding the crash. FOX 4's report states that both drivers stopped and are cooperating with police, while CBS News Texas described the crash as appearing to be a hit-and-run. CBS News Texas reported that the crash happened along Abrams Road and Northwest Highway sometime before 6 a.m. Wednesday, and that the medical examiner arrived at the scene around 7 a.m.
Police Scene Remained Active Through The Morning
Police remained at the crash scene Wednesday morning, according to WFAA, as investigators worked to piece together exactly how the pedestrian ended up in the roadway and how each vehicle was involved. The station's report confirmed that one person was killed in the crash, though officials had not detailed what led up to it.
It is not the first time this stretch of East Northwest Highway has seen a fatal pedestrian crash. In March, a man died after being hit by a vehicle in the 6300 block of the same roadway, with officers responding around 9:07 p.m. that Tuesday night, per the same wfaa.com account. In that earlier case, the vehicle that struck the man left the scene but was later found in a nearby parking lot.
Pedestrian Safety Remains A Statewide Concern
Crashes like Wednesday's feed into a broader dataset the state tracks closely. The Texas Department of Transportation maintains a Traffic Safety Data Portal with pedestrian and pedalcyclist fatality trending data and an incident map, according to data.texas.gov. The agency's crash-data visualizations, drawn from its Crash Records Information System, are meant to support engineering and education efforts aimed at reducing crashes, fatalities and injuries on Texas roadways, per txdot.gov.
No information has been released about citations, arrests or fault in Wednesday's crash, and the identity of the person killed has not been made public. Dallas police have not said how long the investigation is expected to take or whether charges may follow.
