Load fell from trailers and crushed two people to death in a car near Temple, Texas

Crews respond to scene of fatal collision in Texas

 

This massive piece of equipment rolled off its trailers on Saturday near Temple, Texas, crushing a car and killing two people while critically injuring a third person in the car.

Scene of fatal crash in Temple, Texas

 

It took rescuers nearly four hours to remove the driver from the crushed car.

The incident happened as the oversized piece of eqipment came off a trailer. It occurred on State Highway 36 west of Highway 317.

The unidentified piece of equipment weighed an estimated 350,000 pounds.