Fatal crash involving dump truck under investigation

LONGVIEW– The Longview Police Department reports one person is dead after a multi-vehicle crash that happened on West Loop 281 at around 11:50 Wednesday morning. According to our news partner KETK, a Longview PD crash investigation revealed that a silver SUV failed to yield the right of way while coming out of a private driveway, and was hit by another vehicle. That crash allegedly caused the SUV to head into oncoming traffic where it was then hit by a dump truck.

Officials said the driver of the SUV was pronounced dead at the scene and one other person was taken to a local hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries.