Faith Whittaker, Jessica Brown and Chelsey Brewer Fatal Car Crash on I-20 in Arlington
Faith Whittaker, Jessica Brown and Chelsey Brewer Killed in Arlington Two-Vehicle Crash on Interstate 20
Arlington, Texas (October 17, 2018) – Three people including two Arlington Lamar High School students, were killed early Monday morning in a traffic accident in Arlington, according to the school and the Texas Department of Public Safety.
The deadly accident occurred at about 4:20 a.m. October 15, on Interstate 20.
DPS said the students, Faith Whittaker, 16, and Jessica Brown, 16, were riding in a 2016 Jeep Renegade, driven by Chelsey Elizabeth Brewer, 36, of Grand Prairie on Interstate 20.
For an unknown reason, the Renegade hit a parked truck with a semi-trailer.
Both Whittaker and Brown died at the scene.
Brewer was taken to UT Health Tyler where was declared dead.
Police said Joseph Allen Battis, 31, of Milton, Florida, was asleep in the truck and was uninjured in the crash. The truck was legally parked on the side of the road.
The crash remains under investigation.
