Alexis Osmani Gonzalez-Companioni, 27, was driving his 18-wheeler when he failed to see stalled traffic around 2:40 p.m., striking a Ford F-150 carrying five people, the Texas Department of Public Safety said.

Five people were killed and several were injured in a multi-vehicle crash that shut down Interstate 20 near Terrell on Saturday

"I saw this truck just come out of nowhere," Corinne Mulcahy said. "I don't know how many miles an hour he was going when he hit that pick-up truck."