4 killed, 10 injured in Texas rollover accident

Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Four died and 10 were injured when a van carrying 14 people rolled over several times in northeastern Texas Wednesday morning.

The van crashed at the intersection of U.S. 287 and FM 1655 shortly after 8 a.m. and ejected several people from the nearly full 15-passenger van in Wise County, Texas.

All of the passengers of the Chevrolet Express van are adults, and the van was heading north when it went off the left side of the road near Alvord in Wise County. Alvord is located about 70 miles northwest of Fort Worth.

Texas Highway Patrol troopers said the driver over-corrected when the van went off the road and is among three who were declared dead at the scene. Another died afterward at a local hospital.

"There were multiple ejections, and 13 out of those 14 people received some type of injury," Sgt. Tony De La Cerda told NBCDFW .

He said the driver was among those declared dead at the scene and only one of the 14 passengers was wearing a seat belt. The person wearing a seat belt survived the accident.

Three passengers were airlifted to area hospitals while ambulances transported eight others.

None of the accident victims were identified.

The group was traveling through Texas from Florida when the single-vehicle accident occurred and shut down the northbound lanes of U.S. 287 for several hours.