Dallas, Texas: Driver Dead After Car Goes Off US 75 at Midpark Road Near the High Five

A driver died Monday afternoon after a crash on northbound U.S. 75 in North Dallas sent one car off the highway near Midpark Road, Dallas police said.

Police and Dallas Fire-Rescue responded shortly after 4 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 9, to a major accident on northbound North Central Expressway, also signed as U.S. 75, near Midpark Road and the High Five interchange with I-635.

What police say happened

A preliminary investigation found that two vehicles collided on the northbound side, police said. One vehicle left the highway and came to rest below the elevated roadway. FOX 4 reported that its SKY 4 helicopter captured images of a vehicle in a ditch near the High Five interchange, and DFW Scanner reported that the car came down on the median below the highway.

Dallas Fire-Rescue pronounced the driver of the car that left the highway dead at the scene. The other driver stayed at the scene with officers, and police said no arrests were made.

Ramp closed at the interchange

The ramp from LBJ Freeway, I-635, to northbound U.S. 75 was closed for a period of time while firefighters and officers worked at the scene, FOX 4 reported. The crash came at the start of the Monday evening rush at one of the busiest freeway junctions in North Texas, where Central Expressway meets LBJ Freeway in a five level stack of ramps that Dallas drivers know as the High Five. The Midpark Road crossing sits just south of the interchange, on a stretch of U.S. 75 that carries heavy commuter traffic between downtown Dallas and the northern suburbs.

Police did not release the dead driver's name in their first reports on Monday night, and the reports did not give the driver's age. Police did not say what caused the two vehicles to collide.

Investigation continues

Dallas police said the investigation remains ongoing. Officers have announced no finding on speed or fault, and the department has not said in its first reports whether any northbound lanes were closed beyond the ramp closure. The driver's name is expected to come from officials once family notifications are complete, which is the normal practice in Dallas fatal crash investigations, and police have given no timeline for the next update.