Fort Worth pileup: Aerial video shows deadly Texas crash involving at least 100 vehicles
From NEWS10 ABC:
At least five people are dead and multiple people are trapped in vehicles after a pileup on a Texas freeway involving at least 100 cars, officials said Thursday.
“The vehicles are just mangled,” said Matt Zavadsky, spokesman for MedStar, which provides the ambulance service for the area. “Multiple tow trucks are on scene. It’s going to take a lot to disentangle this wreck.”
Thirty-six people were taken to hospitals from the crash, several with critical injuries, Zavadsky said.
He said his crews carry a sand and salt mixture in the ambulances, which they began using at the scene. At one point, he said, one of the ambulances was hit, but it sustained only minor damage and the crew members were fine.
“The roadway was so treacherous from the ice that several of the first responders were falling on the scene,” Zavadsky said.
Police set up a reunification center for family members at a community center.
Fort Worth police officer Daniel Segura called the accident “massive” and said agencies were still on the scene Thursday afternoon.
Fort Worth Police tweeted the northbound lanes of the I-35 toll express and regular lanes were closed because of a major weather-related accident. Police set up a reunification center for family members at a community center.
Fort Worth fire officials tweeted that they are responding to the pileup and that multiple people were trapped. It’s unclear how many people are trapped.
Ice storm likely to cause power outages, travel delays across US, forecasters say
Police previously issued a winter weather advisory for Tarrant County until Thursday at 3 p.m. The National Weather Service said light showers of freezing rain and sleet were expected throughout the morning.
Elsewhere, ice storm warnings were in effect from Arkansas to Kentucky, while another winter storm was predicted to bring snow to Mid-Atlantic states, the National Weather Service said.
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