Woman likely to face charges after crash that killed 2 adults, 2 children on I-35E in Red Bird

A woman will likely face criminal charges for her involvement in a crash that killed four people, including two children, early Saturday on South R.L. Thornton Freeway, Dallas police said.

A man, woman and two boys were killed in the crash, police said. They have not been identified.

Officers were called to the crash at 5:40 a.m. in the southbound lanes at 6500 South R.L. Thornton Freeway, near West Ledbetter Drive in Dallas’ Red Bird area, police said.

Witnesses told police that another crash scene was blocking the left two lanes, causing traffic to merge into the highway’s right-hand lane. The four victims were in a 2006 Pontiac Vibe and had come to a stop in the right lane when the woman ran into the car from behind with a 2005 BMW.

The impact pushed the victims’ car into one in front of it, setting off a chain-reaction crash. No one in those vehicles was hurt, police said.

Witnesses reported that the woman was driving at a high speed at the moment of impact and that she didn’t appear to brake beforehand, police said.

The woman, who has not been identified, is being treated at a hospital for serious injuries sustained during the crash, police said. She is expected to be charged with four counts of criminally negligent homicide, police said.

The two adult victims died at a hospital, one of the boys died at Children’s Medical Center Dallas, and the other boy died at the scene, police said.