In what can only be described as every truck driver’s worst nightmare compressed into a single Sunday morning, a devastating crash at a Fort Worth Valero gas station left an 18-wheeler fully engulfed in flames and its driver critically injured.
The incident unfolded around 1 a.m. on April 5, when police responded to a collision involving a passenger car and a massive tanker truck at 13900 Trinity Boulevard, according to Fox 4 News.
Officials said it was carrying roughly 9,000 gallons of gasoline, and once the collision knocked down nearby power lines, the situation escalated quickly. Downed power lines and a fuel-loaded tanker created a dangerous chain reaction, and the truck caught fire shortly after the lines came down…