Fannett, TX : Beaumont woman, 4 kids injured after a collision with two dump trucks on Highway 124 near Fannett on Tuesday morning, May 10, 2016

A Beaumont woman and two children are being treated in local ICUs after a Tuesday morning collision with two dump trucks on Highway 124 near Fannett.

The accident happened at 7:45 a.m. when the 32-year-old woman, who was driving a 2010 Chevrolet Tahoe in the northbound lanes, met a Peterbuilt dump truck that was traveling southbound.
As the vehicles passed, two rear tires came off of the Peterbuilt, striking the Tahoe, said DPS Trooper Stephanie Davis in a news release.

The impact caused the Tahoe to spin and cross into the southbound lanes, where the Tahoe collided with a Freightliner dump truck that was following the Peterbuilt.
Davis said the driver of the Freightliner slowed down and tried to move to the shoulder, but could not avoid the crash.

After the Tahoe struck the Freightliner, the dump truck veered off the roadway and into the woods, where it struck several trees before catching fire, according to Davis.

The driver of the Tahoe was taken to Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital with serious injuries. As of Tuesday afternoon, she was being treated in the hospital's ICU.

The woman was carrying four passengers in her Tahoe, all under the age of 12. Davis said two of the kids were treated and released from a local hospital. The two other children were taken by medical helicopter to Hermann Memorial Hospital in Houston. Davis said both of those children were in stable condition in the hospital's ICU on Tuesday afternoon.

The driver of the Peterbuilt, a 57-year-old Beaumont man, was not hurt in the crash, according to Davis.

She said the driver of the Freightliner, a 49-year-old Beaumont man, managed to get out of his dump truck before it caught fire and was not injured.

Davis said a preliminary investigation of the Peterbuilt indicates that some sort of equipment malfunction caused the rear axle and tires to become dislodged from the vehicle.

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Beaumont woman, 4 kids hurt in Fannett crash