DALLAS COUNTY, TX. (THECOUNT) — James Lee Bernard III, of Dallas, Texas, has been identified as the victim in a Saturday morning vehicle crash that also took the life of an infant in Dallas County.
Bernard, 25, was killed in a two-vehicle crash along with a baby who was seated on the lap of a female passenger in Dallas early Saturday morning.
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According to reports, Bernard was operating a vehicle on East Grand Avenue near La Vista Drive in Dallas, when for undetermined reasons, the vehicle exited the roadway around 2:30 a.m. Saturday. The vehicle then jumped a curb before coming into contact with a tree.
The 22-year-old female passenger and the baby were transported to an area hospital where the child was later pronounced deceased. The woman suffered serious unknown injuries.
Bernard, who recently relocated from Lafayette, Louisiana, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The cause of the wreck remains under investigation.
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Geo quick facts: Dallas County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas, the state’s second-most populous county, and the eighth-most populous in the United States. As of the 2010 U.S. census, the population was 2,368,139; in 2019 it was estimated to have 2,635,516 inhabitants – Wikipedia.