Fatal Crash Splits Sports Car in Half, Leaving 2 Dead and 1 Injured, Texas Authorities Say

Cristobal Flores Espino and Robert Rocha died in the fatal crash on Monday, Dec. 9

Charna Flam

10 December 2024 at 7:55 pm·2-min read

Two people were killed and one was injured in a car crash in Dallas on Monday, Dec. 9, according to ABC 8, The Dallas Morning News and Lake Highlands Advocate Magazine.

Cristobal Flores Espino, 29, and Robert Rocha, 31, were identified as the deceased victims. The third victim is a woman whose identity has not been revealed.

Espino and Rocha were in a McLaren 570S sports car which fatally struck a tree around 3:10 p.m., per ABC 8. Dallas Fire-Rescue authorities responded to a call for help at the 8500 block of Abrams Road beside Forest Meadow Middle School.

Police found the two victims dead at the crash site upon arrival. The third victim was in a gold Toyota sedan and taken to a hospital with minor injuries.

“Our investigators are doing everything we can to get answers to questions as such,” Dallas PD Lt. Tramese Jones said on Tuesday, Dec. 10, per NBC 5. An investigation into the crash is ongoing and it is still unknown whether speed, drugs, or alcohol caused or led to it.

“It resulted in two fatalities, so I go back to our thoughts to the families who lost loved ones yesterday,” Jones said.

The McLaren that was split in two can reach up to 124 mph in 9.5 seconds, according to the McLaren site. The brand’s fastest model, the Speed Tail, can reach up to 186 mph in 12.8 seconds.

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A representative for the Dallas Police Department did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for more information on Tuesday.

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