Uploaded February 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
FORT WORTH, Texas - At least six people are dead after 70-100 vehicles were involved in a massive ice-related wreck Thursday morning on Interstate 35W in Fort Worth, police said.
MedStar officials said the five were pronounced dead at the scene, which stretched for nearly a mile in the southbound lanes of the interstate near Northside Drive north of downtown.
MedStar transported 36 people to hospitals, with several in critical and serious condition at the time they were taken away.
"I would like to ask everyone please keep in your prayers the family members of the loved ones who have lost their lives in this tragic accident," said Daniel Segura, Fort Worth police spokesman at a late morning press conference.
The pileup appeared to have started about 6:15 a.m. Thursday as motorists ventured onto slick roads coated in a thin sheet of ice from freezing rain that had fallen overnight and into the early morning hours.
Multiple cell phone videos show cars traveling at a high rate of speed, then sliding and crashing into each other. Multiple 18-wheelers were involved in the pileup and crashed violently into other passenger vehicles.
First responders had to methodically work to reach the incident scene and then work their way from car to car to check on the condition of people inside. Several people had to be extricated and sanding trucks were brought in to assist with removal of vehicles.
Rescuers also said they were concerned about people potentially developing hypothermia due to the long time they may have spent trapped or waiting outside their vehicle.
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FORT WORTH, Texas - At least six people are dead after 70-100 vehicles were involved in a massive ice-related wreck Thursday morning on Interstate 35W in Fort Worth, police said.
MedStar officials said the five were pronounced dead at the scene, which stretched for nearly a mile in the southbound lanes of the interstate near Northside Drive north of downtown.
MedStar transported 36 people to hospitals, with several in critical and serious condition at the time they were taken away.
"I would like to ask everyone please keep in your prayers the family members of the loved ones who have lost their lives in this tragic accident," said Daniel Segura, Fort Worth police spokesman at a late morning press conference.
The pileup appeared to have started about 6:15 a.m. Thursday as motorists ventured onto slick roads coated in a thin sheet of ice from freezing rain that had fallen overnight and into the early morning hours.
Multiple cell phone videos show cars traveling at a high rate of speed, then sliding and crashing into each other. Multiple 18-wheelers were involved in the pileup and crashed violently into other passenger vehicles.
First responders had to methodically work to reach the incident scene and then work their way from car to car to check on the condition of people inside. Several people had to be extricated and sanding trucks were brought in to assist with removal of vehicles.
Rescuers also said they were concerned about people potentially developing hypothermia due to the long time they may have spent trapped or waiting outside their vehicle.
This video is for research and educational purposes. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use
