Terrell, Texas: Two Killed in Wrong-Way Crash on I-20 Near Mile Marker 502

Two drivers died on Interstate 20 in Terrell, Texas, on Wednesday after a pickup drove the wrong way in the westbound lanes and hit two other pickups in a sequence that ended with a head-on collision and a fire, the Terrell Police Department said in a report carried by KLTV on Thursday.

Nicholas Landwermeyer, of Tyler, died at the scene at about 2 p.m. near mile marker 502. He was driving a 2025 GMC Sierra westbound when a 2022 Chevy Silverado traveling eastbound in the inside westbound lane hit his truck head-on, police said. The driver of the Silverado also died at the scene. Police have not released that driver's name in the report KLTV published.

Calls came in before the crash

According to the Terrell police report, dispatch received multiple 911 calls about a driver traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of I-20. While officers were on the way, more calls came in reporting a head-on collision.

The preliminary investigation indicates the Silverado first struck a 2023 Ford F-250 driven by Alfonso Zuniga, of Terrell, in the inside westbound lane. The Silverado then collided head-on with Landwermeyer's Sierra. After the impacts, the Silverado became fully engulfed in flames with its driver trapped inside, police said.

Video coverage of the response reported that police were called about a vehicle on fire and that part of I-20 in Terrell was shut down after the deadly crash. Early reports from the scene counted one person dead before police confirmed the second death in the report published Thursday.

Who was hurt

Landwermeyer died at the scene. The Silverado driver, trapped in the burning truck, also died at the scene. Zuniga suffered minor injuries, police said. No other injuries were reported in the KLTV account of the police report.

The crash closed part of the interstate near mile marker 502 while crash investigators worked the scene, according to the video report from the scene. Terrell is in Kaufman County, east of Dallas on the route I-20 follows toward Tyler.

What police are asking for

Crash investigators with the Terrell Police Department responded to the scene and are conducting what the department called a thorough investigation into the circumstances of the crash. Police did not state in the report why the Silverado was traveling the wrong way, and no finding on cause has been announced.

Anyone who witnessed the crash or has video footage or information that may assist investigators is asked to contact Officer B. Garza or Officer H. Martinez with the Terrell Police Department, police said.

The names and details in this article come from the Terrell police report as published by KLTV. The department had not announced why the wrong-way driver entered the westbound lanes, whether any other vehicle was involved beyond the three pickups, or when its investigation will be complete.