Mother, daughter killed following crash in Mont Belvieu
MONT BELVIEU, Texas - Two people were killed during a crash in Mont Belvieu Wednesday afternoon.
Police said Eagle Drive was closed from FM 565 to Eagle Pointe Drive following a deadly car crash, just east of Houston.
Authorities said the two vehicles involved in the crash were a 2010 Dodge Nitro SUV and a 2013 Peterbilt tractor truck towing a large flatbed trailer.
Officers later determined that a 40-year-old female driver and a 13-year-old female rear-seat passenger, both of Liberty, Texas, were found dead inside the Dodge Nitro SUV.
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A third occupant - a 2-year-old girl, was found alive in the vehicle. Officials said she appeared to be uninjured, but was airlifted to a Houston-area hospital as a precaution.
The driver of the Peterbilt tractor trailer wasn't injured.
Mont Belvieu police said initial information indicated the tractor-trailer rig was traveling northbound on Eagle Drive, and attempted a U-turn across both lanes of traffic. That's when the truck became stuck in the right-of-way area during the U-turn, which left the flatbed trailer extended across both lanes of traffic. The southbound Dodge Nitro then struck the trailer as it extended across both lanes of traffic.
The roadway has since reopened, but an investigation remains underway.