TYLER, Texas – The Texas Department of Public Safety released more information about the multi-vehicle crash June 28 along Interstate 20.
The fatal accident began when eastbound Interstate 20 traffic stopped due to an earlier crash. A 27-year-old Florida man drove his 2025 Peterbilt tractor-trailer in the right lane. The Kissimmee driver allegedly fell asleep while driving.
His tractor-trailer crashed into the back of a 2018 Ford F-150 pickup truck. Four family members from Tyler and Fort Worth died at the scene. The victims included a 79-year-old Tyler man, a 52-year-old Fort Worth man, a 45-year-old Fort Worth man, and a 16-year-old Fort Worth teenager.
The impact pushed the pickup into another tractor-trailer from Monroe, Louisiana. That truck then struck a 2005 Freightliner tractor-trailer.
The first tractor-trailer jackknifed after the initial collision. The vehicle slid into the left eastbound lane and struck Nicole Gregory’s 2021 Jeep Compass. Gregory, age 49, of Dallas, was severely injured in the crash.
The collision pushed Gregory’s Jeep into a 2013 Ford Mustang. The Mustang’s driver suffered minor injuries and received treatment at the scene. Emergency personnel transported the passenger to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
A Honda Civic traveling in the left lane sustained damage from crash debris. The two occupants from Waxahachie escaped injury.
Emergency crews airlifted Gregory to a hospital. She died upon arrival despite medical efforts.
A 20-year-old woman from the pickup truck survived the crash. She remains in the ICU at Parkland Hospital in Dallas.
Texas DPS continues investigating the multi-vehicle accident.
