Dallas, TX– A car crash in Dallas on Monday, Dec. 9, resulted in the deaths of two individuals and left one person injured, according to a representative from the Dallas Police Department.
Cristobal Flores Espino, 29, and Robert Rocha, 31, have been named as the victims who lost their lives. A woman has been identified as the third victim, though her name remains undisclosed.
Espino and Rocha were involved in a tragic incident where their McLaren 570S sports car collided with a tree at approximately 3:10 p.m. Authorities from Dallas Fire-Rescue answered a call for assistance at the 8500 block of Abrams Road near Forest Meadow Middle School, as confirmed by the DPD.
Authorities discovered the bodies of the two victims at the scene of the accident when they arrived. A gold Toyota sedan was involved in the incident, and the third victim was transported to a hospital with minor injuries.
“Our investigators are doing everything we can to get answers to questions as such,” Dallas PD Lt. Tramese Jones said on Tuesday, Dec. 10. An investigation into the crash is ongoing and it is still unknown whether speed, drugs, or alcohol caused or led to it.
“It resulted in two fatalities, so I go back to our thoughts to the families who lost loved ones yesterday,” Jones said.
A McLaren, which was severed in half, can accelerate to 124 mph in just 9.5 seconds, as stated on the McLaren website. The Speed Tail, the brand’s quickest model, accelerates to 186 mph in just 12.8 seconds.