SUGAR LAND, Texas – U.S. 59′s southbound lanes were closed after two men died in a wrong-way crash Sunday morning, according to the city of Sugar Land. The highway closure was near Sugar Creek Boulevard, but the lanes were later reopened.
The Sugar Land Police Department was called around 4 a.m. after it was told a Tacoma was speeding northbound in the southbound lanes of U.S. Highway 59.
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Authorities said the Tacoma crashed into a Silverado that was traveling southbound on U.S. 59 over U.S. Highway 90A.
Two men, who were in the Tacoma, died at the scene. A man and three children were in the Silverado. The kids were between 12 and 15 years old.
The man and a child were flown to a local hospital and are expected to survive, the city said.
A second child was taken to a hospital in an ambulance and suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
Police need to contact the family of the men before their names are released.