IMPERIAL, Texas (KOSA/Gray News ) – Four people were killed, including three brothers, in a head-on crash Wednesday, according to Texas authorities.

The Texas Department of Public Safety said the crash on Farm to Market Road 1053 in Imperial involved a GMC Sierra and a Jeep occupied by the three brothers.

The Jeep caught fire and all three family members inside died at the scene, law enforcement officials said.

The driver of the truck, identified as Gary Liles, 48, of Brownfield, was taken to an area hospital where he died from his injuries.

Authorities have not publicly named the three brothers, but the Ector County Sheriff’s Office shared a GoFundMe listing the victims as 18-year-old twins Jaden and Jackie Jurado and their 16-year-old sister Nautica.

The three were students in the Buena Vista Independent School District and children of Ector County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Heather Perkins, who has worked with the department for 23 years, according to GoFundMe organizing.

Ector County Sheriff Mike Griffis Perkins said he was one of the first police officers to arrive at the scene.

The Texas Department of Public Safety said the crash investigation is ongoing.

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