A late-night drive on one of Fort Worth’s busiest freeways turned deadly yesterday when a six-vehicle crash on Interstate 35W at the I-20 interchange left one person dead and sent several others to the hospital, officials said. Emergency crews worked through the night to clear mangled vehicles and treat the injured, while traffic on the major corridor crawled for hours.
Details from officials
The wreck involved six vehicles and killed one person, while multiple others were transported to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, according to WFAA. Officers were called to the southbound lanes just before 11 p.m., and crews shut down I-35W at I-20 for several hours as investigators documented the scene and tow trucks worked to remove the damaged vehicles, the outlet reported.
How this fits a troubling pattern
This is not an isolated scare on I-35W. The corridor has seen several serious crashes already this year, including a wrong-way collision in January that…..