Park Staff Respond To Multiple Fatality Hazmat Accident

On the evening of Saturday, December 23rd, the park’s fire brigade was called to assist with a three-vehicle accident involving a fully-loaded fuel tanker that occurred near the park. Park staff responded with two structural engines and the park’s new mass casualty incident trailer. Brigade members managed emergency medical care for the injured and extinguished the fire in the tanker, which was fully engulfed in flames. The were four fatalities, including a nine-year-old child and the truck’s driver. Six people were injured and were taken to area hospitals. The cause of the accident is under investigation by the Texas State Highway Patrol.