Tommy Moorehead III, a 41-year-old man from Leonard, and his two children – who were later identified by a family friend as his 6-year-old daughter, Lynnlee, and his four-year-old son, Tommy Jr. – were pronounced dead at the scene after a three-vehicle crash in Van Alstyne on Saturday, May 17 caused the father’s Chevrolet Silverado to catch fire, NBC affiliate KXAS, CBS News and FOX affiliate KDFW reported.
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) responded to the crash at around 12:30 p.m. local time on Farm-to-Market Road 3133 after the 63-year-old driver of a Dodge 3500, Rocky Patterson, was going up a hill and tried to pass a Toyota Tacoma in a no-passing zone, KXAS reported. Instead, Patterson hit Tommy’s Silverado head-on, causing the fire.
