3 killed, including toddler, in fiery crash on Westpark Tollway

Three people are dead, including a toddler, after a fiery crash early Friday morning on the Westpark Tollway westbound at FM 1464, located at the Harris-Fort Bend County line.

The drivers died at the scene.

The toddler was flown to the hospital via LifeFlight and later died of his injuries, according to a tweet from Community Volunteer Fire Department.

The crash happened at about 1:15 a.m.

Houston TranStar cameras captured flames coming from the cars.

According to investigators at the scene, one car caught fire, and the flames spread to the second one.

Witnesses told investigators they saw someone inside one of the vehicles trying to escape.

The child was buckled into a car seat that ended up being ejected upon the impact of the crash.

He was flown in critical condition to the hospital, where he died.

By the time firefighters arrived on scene, one of the cars was fully engulfed in flames.

An photographer working overnight heard the accident as he was traveling on the feeder road. He said he saw debris fly over the freeway, but didn’t know what happened until it was reported over the police scanners.

Authorities said it’s hard to tell at this time if it was head-on crash, but both vehicles had heavy front-end damage.

The Westpark Tollway westbound at FM 1464 is closed.