SIBLINGS KILLED IN LEE CO. CRASH, ANOTHER SERIOUSLY HURT

  

Two siblings from Dime Box were killed and a third person was seriously injured in a fiery crash early Sunday morning in Lee County. 

The accident occurred around 3:45 a.m. along Highway 21, between Lincoln and Old Dime Box. 

According to DPS, the three occupants were traveling southwest on Highway 21 at a curve in the road when their vehicle left the roadway.  The vehicle struck multiple trees and caught fire.

The driver, 26-year-old Drew Bailey Batiste Haas, and his brother, 18-year-old Trevor Wayne Batiste, were pronounced dead at the scene.

A passenger, 18-year-old Dearius Lee Hodge of Dime Box, was transported to Dell Seton Medical Center in Austin with life-threatening injuries.

No other vehicles were involved in the crash.