The Texas Department Public Safety has identified the five people, including most of a Fort Worth family, killed in a major chain collision crash near Terrell over the weekend.
In a news release Tuesday, DPS spokesperson Sgt. Kyle Bradford said the crash happened on Interstate 20 at about 2:40 p.m. Saturday when 27-year-old Alexis Osmani Gonzalez-Companioni allegedly fell asleep at the wheel while driving a semi.
His vehicle then struck a Ford F-150 carrying five people in the rear, which then pushed into two other big rigs, Bradford said.
Four people in the pick-up were killed, according to the news release. DPS identified them as a Fort Worth family: 52-year-old Zabar McKellar, 45-year-old Krishaun McKellar, 16-year-old Kason McKellar and 79-year-old Billy McKellar.
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DPS named the fifth occupant as 20-year-old Evan McKellar, who the agency said sustained “non-incapacitating injuries” and was flown to a local hospital. A GoFundMe campaign, set up Tuesday, said she was in the ICU.
“Saturday, June 28, 2025, will be a day we never forget,” the campaign’s description said. “On this heartbreaking day, we lost a beautiful family in a tragic motor vehicle accident in Terrell, Texas.”
Gonzalez-Companioni suffered “non-incapacitating injuries,” while the other semi drivers were not injured, the news release said.
The first semitruck then jackknifed, striking a Jeep Compass and pushing it into a Ford Mustang, according to the news release. It added that a Honda Civic was also struck by debris from the crash.
The Jeep’s driver, 49-year-old Nicole Gregory of Dallas, was flown to a hospital and later pronounced dead at there, the news release said.
The three occupants of the Ford Mustang received “non-incapacitating injuries,” and they were either treated on scene or at a local hospital. The two occupants on the Honda Civic were not injured, DPS said.
Bradford previously said there were six fatalities but attributed the inaccuracy Tuesday to a clerical error reported by the hospital.
The DPS investigation into the crash is ongoing, according to the news release.