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More than 130 Cars Involved in Deadly Fort Worth Pileup; Police Say Icy Conditions Likely Played a Role
The Weather Channel 2/11/2021 Ron Brackett
More than 130 cars and trucks piled up in a deadly crash scene that stretched over half mile of an icy Texas interstate Thursday morning.
“The scene we saw today is really one unlike probably any of us have ever seen and we pray to god we never see again,” Fort Worth Police Chief Neil Noakes said in a press conference late Thursday afternoon.
He added: “It appears at this point in the investigation, which is still very preliminary, that ice was a factor.
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FORT WORTH, Texas A multi-car pileup, involving more than 100 vehicles, along Interstate-35W in Fort Worth has shutdown the highway and left several people trapped in their cars. Fort Worth police spokesperson Officer Daniel Segura has confirmed at least 5 people, who have not been publicly identified, were killed in the crash, CBSDFW reported.
Sudden icy road conditions have been blamed for the massive collision, first reported about 6:30 a.m. on Thursday.
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Initial assessments estimated 70-100 vehicles including both passenger automobiles and 18-wheelers involved police said, but the number could end up being much higher, as first responders continued to assess the scene.
At least six people were killed and at least 36 people taken to hospitals in a pileup involving dozens of vehicles on Interstate 35W in Texas , officials said.