Fort Worth crash leaves 5 dead early Monday along I35W

Three adults and two children are dead after an auto crash early Monday morning in Fort Worth, officials said.
The crash occurred shortly after midnight, when a black Camaro was speeding on the northbound frontage road of Interstate 35W, according to a statement from Fort Worth police. The Camaro rear-ended a sedan near Seminary Drive, killing the occupants of the sedan.
The driver of the Camaro suffered serious injuries and was taken to a hospital and then to jail, police said. The driver, 19-year-old Eduardo Gonzalez, was arrested and faces charges of five counts of intoxication manslaughter with a vehicle and driving while intoxicated.
A spokesperson for MedStar, a local ambulance service, said there were five fatalities from the accident — three adults and two children — and one patient with minor injuries. All five people died at the scene.
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Neither agency released the identities of the deceased. The police said they would be identified by the Tarrant County medical examiner after families had been notified.
Police said some roads surrounding the scene were closed during the early morning hours but had been reopened as of 7:50 a.m.