Critically injured driver in crash that killed firefighter and two children, will...

A tragic story out of North Texas where a community is mourning the loss of a volunteer firefighter in the small town of Lavon. There are also new developments in the case of Nevada fire Captain Peter Hacking — who was killed in a violent crash, with his two small children, last Thursday.

The 36-year-old husband and father was hit in a head-on collision along Hwy 78. His four-year-old stepdaughter Ellie and 22-month-old son Grayson also died in the crash. The man driving the other vehicle did not have a driver’s license, according to local authorities.

CBS Dallas reports that Margarito Quintero was also in the country illegally. According to ICE, Quintero was deported in 2008 and the agency had no contact with him until last week’s deadly accident.

He’s now listed in critical condition, but if he survives, Quintero will be charged with Criminally Negligent Homicide.

Meantime, the mayor of Lavon is calling for major changes on the stretch of highway he calls a “dangerous corridor.” He’s reportedly been fighting for months to lower the speed limit and put a concrete barrier in the area of the highway that’s under construction.

Friends and colleagues are remembering Hacking as a great person who was always “wearing a smile.”

“He was a great family man, that was first, family was first always and his fire department family,” said firefighter Amy Cortez.

The local CBS station reported that Hacking leaves behind a widow, a 9-year-old son and four stepchildren. A fund has been set up in his name through Independent Bank.

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