North Texas mother killed in wrong-way crash on Central Expressway

The Brief

  • A North Texas mother of three was killed in a wrong-way crash on Central Expressway.
  • Friends say Ruby Gonzalez was the “glue” of their group and family.
  • Her husband remains hospitalized in the ICU as the crash investigation continues.

DALLAS A North Texas mother of three is dead, and her husband is in critical condition after a wrong-way crash early this week on Central Expressway in Dallas.

Fatal wrong-way crash

What we know:

Late Monday evening into early Tuesday, Ruby Gonzalez’s husband Kevin was working late. She picked him up, hopped in the passenger seat, and then they were headed home southbound on I-75 Central Expressway near Royal Lane.

Early Tuesday morning, around 1:30 a.m., Dallas police say a wrong-way driver in a sedan, traveling north in the southbound lanes of Central Expressway, collided head-on into the couple’s Mercedes SUV.

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