Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office — Identified Driver Killed In Crash
Three weeks after a Waste Management garbage truck slammed into the support pillars of a U.S. 287 overpass in Fort Worth, killing its driver, federal investigators are still trying to determine what went wrong. The crash tore into the bridge over Erath Street so badly that crews had to demolish part of the structure, and the cause remains unresolved.
The driver, 33-year-old Tyler Bradley Shivers, died at the scene after the truck exited the highway and struck several of the overpass’s supporting pillars, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. The outlet reported that Shivers was thrown from the vehicle and was later identified by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office. His passenger, identified as Ruben Saenz, was injured and taken to a hospital in critical condition, police told the paper. Fort Worth police said they responded to the crash around 6 p.m. on Sept. 23 in the 3500 block of Martin Luther King Freeway.
Witnesses Described the Truck Drifting Before Impact
Bystanders who saw the crash unfold told NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth that the Waste Management truck began drifting between lanes before it hit a slope and then slammed into the support beam. The station reported that evaluating the damage to the overpass was expected to take at least a week, a timeline that hinted early on at how serious the structural toll would be…