{"id":5504,"date":"2026-05-21T16:28:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T21:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carabinshaw.com\/news\/?p=5504"},"modified":"2026-05-21T16:28:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T21:28:37","slug":"3-adults-and-2-young-children-killed-in-tragic-head-on-crash-on-u-s-highway-281","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carabinshaw.com\/news\/3-adults-and-2-young-children-killed-in-tragic-head-on-crash-on-u-s-highway-281\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Adults and 2 Young Children Killed in Tragic Head-On Crash on U.S. Highway 281"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5505\" style=\"width: 481px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5505\" class=\"wp-image-5505\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carabinshaw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/iStock-2222069025-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"fatal car accident Texas, wrongful death car accident Texas, head-on collision Texas, Highway 281 accident, child fatality car accident, family killed in crash Texas, Marble Falls car accident, Texas wrongful death lawyer, fatal head-on crash, multi-vehicle accident Texas, grieving family legal rights, child wrongful death claim Texas, fatal highway accident attorney, Texas car crash fatalities, losing a child in a car accident, compensation after fatal accident, Call Shaw, Carabin Shaw, San Antonio wrongful death attorney, fatal collision legal guidance, head-on crash injuries Texas, wrongful death compensation Texas\" width=\"471\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carabinshaw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/iStock-2222069025-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carabinshaw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/iStock-2222069025-768x405.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.carabinshaw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/iStock-2222069025-228x120.jpg 228w, https:\/\/www.carabinshaw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/iStock-2222069025.jpg 814w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5505\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Car accidents are the leading cause of death for children across the United States.<\/p><\/div>\n<h1>3 Adults, 2 Young Children Killed in Tragic 3-Vehicle Accident on U.S. Highway 281<\/h1>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">According to a News4SanAntonio report, a tragic multi-vehicle crash resulted in 5 fatalities in Marble Falls on Sunday.\u00b9<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carabinshaw.com\/news\/3-adults-and-2-young-children-killed-in-tragic-head-on-crash-on-u-s-highway-281\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading 3 Adults and 2 Young Children Killed in Tragic Head-On Crash on U.S. Highway 281\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Car accidents are the leading cause of death for children across the United States. 3 Adults, 2 Young Children Killed in Tragic 3-Vehicle Accident on U.S. Highway 281 According to a News4SanAntonio report, a tragic multi-vehicle crash resulted in 5 fatalities in Marble Falls on Sunday.\u00b9 Continue Reading \u203a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,476,8],"tags":[2306,188,599,7959,7964,7968,7960,7958,13,114,7969,185,7962,7965,7963,5908,7332,2196,7967,7961,7231,763,1337,7966,5785,33,7205,5550],"class_list":["post-5504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-car-accidents","category-child-injury","category-wrongful-death","tag-call-shaw","tag-carabin-shaw","tag-carabin-shaw-wrongful-death-attorney","tag-child-fatality-car-accident","tag-child-wrongful-death-claim-texas","tag-compensation-after-fatal-accident","tag-family-killed-in-crash-texas","tag-fatal-car-accident-texas","tag-fatal-car-accidents","tag-fatal-collision","tag-fatal-collision-legal-guidance","tag-fatal-crash","tag-fatal-head-on-crash","tag-fatal-highway-accident-attorney","tag-grieving-family-legal-rights","tag-head-on-collision-texas","tag-head-on-crash-injuries-texas","tag-highway-281-accident","tag-losing-a-child-in-a-car-accident","tag-marble-falls-car-accident","tag-multi-vehicle-accident-texas","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-wrongful-death-attorney","tag-texas-car-crash-fatalities","tag-texas-wrongful-death-lawyer","tag-wrongful-death","tag-wrongful-death-car-accident-texas","tag-wrongful-death-compensation-texas"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>3 Adults and 2 Young Children Killed in Tragic Head-On Crash on U.S. Highway 281 &#8212; 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