Young Couple and Their 2 Kids Hit by Wrong-Way Driver After Leaving Holiday Party. Only the 3-Year-Old Survived

“Lizbeth and Diego’s world revolved around their children as was evident since their young family was inseparable,” the victims’ loved ones wrote in a fundraiser

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  • The Fort Bend County (Texas) Sheriff’s Office said that a vehicle carrying family of four was struck by another driver heading in the wrong way on Dec. 20
  • Two adults and their 5-year-old child were killed in the crash, while another child , 3, was hospitalized
  • The driver of the other vehicle sustained non-life-threatening injuries, and an investigation is ongoing, authorities said

Three family members were killed over the weekend and a 3-year-old child was hospitalized when their vehicle was struck head-on by a wrong-way driver, Texas authorities said.

In an update shared with PEOPLE, the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office said that its deputies were dispatched to a crash incident in the 11400 block of South Highway 99 around 2 a.m. local time on Saturday, Dec. 20.

According to a preliminary investigation, a family of four from Harris County was traveling northbound on Highway 99 when their vehicle was hit by a driver going southbound in the northbound lanes…

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