11-year-old boy falls 30 feet off railroad trestle in Carrollton 4:24 PM CT (Dallas Morning News) An 11-year-old boy fell from a 30-foot trestle along a railroad track in Carrollton shortly before 3 p.m. today. The accident occurred when the youth was walking along railroad tracks behind a park in the 1800 block of Sherwood Lane, Carrollton police Sgt. John Singleton said.

Police say Carrollton mom shot her son, turned gun on herself 4:21 PM CT (Dallas Morning News) Police believe a Carrollton woman shot her 20-year-old son then turned the gun on herself in an apparent murder-suicide. Cherra Coate, 44, was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head early Tuesday morning at a home in the 3900 block of Luke Lane in Carrollton.