Comment on 2 killed in Grand Prairie wreck

By MITCH MITCHELL GRAND PRAIRIE — Two people died late Friday in a single-vehicle car wreck after the driver lost control and slammed into a tree, according to police.The fatal collision occurred about 9:10 p.m. in the 800 block of Great Southwest Parkway.Billy Ray Massie, 39, of Grand Prairie, and Keith Anthony Brown, 28, of Arlington were both pronounced dead at the scene.Massie, the driver, was in a 1995 Chevrolet Camaro traveling northbound on Great Southwest Parkway at high speed, police said.Massie lost control and the car left the east side of the road and struck a tree, police said.Police are investigating the factors that caused the crash.These are the second and third traffic fatalities in Grand Prairie this year, authorities said.