Five radical were killed and 1 was hospitalized aft a wrong-way operator plowed into their vehicle connected a Fort Worth, Texas, interstate aboriginal Sunday, trapping the victims successful their flaming vehicle.
The mishap occurred astir 3:35 a.m. successful the westbound lanes of the Loop 829 Freeway, the Fort Worth Police Department told the Daily News successful an emailed statement.
“It is presently believed that a conveyance traveling successful the incorrect absorption connected Loop 820 collided with different conveyance which resulted successful a conveyance occurrence and entrapment,” constabulary said. “Five individuals were pronounced deceased connected country by aesculapian personnel, and 1 further idiosyncratic has been transported to an country hospital.”
The injured idiosyncratic was successful superior information but expected to survive, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported. Police did not accidental whether the wrong-way operator was 1 of those killed.
The victims’ individuality was pending Sunday evening, the Star-Telegram reported. Identifications volition beryllium made by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office.
A constabulary probe was underway.