NBC 5’s Samantha Davies tells us about deadly crashes that closed down roadways in North Texas on Thursday morning.
A wrong-way driver who crashed into a tractor-trailer near Texas Motor Speedway overnight has died.
Fort Worth Police said the crash took place at about 12:45 a.m. along the 2300 block of eastbound Texas 114 near the Farm-to-Market 156 bridge when a wrong-way driver crashed head-on into the truck.
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The driver of the wrong-way vehicle was the only occupant and died at the scene. The driver's identity will be released after their family has been notified of their death.
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The driver of the tractor-trailer was evaluated and is expected to be OK.
Fort Worth Police said the crash is under investigation.
Another person was killed in a second unrelated wrong-way crash in Fort Worth overnight Wednesday. That crash took place along Interstate 30 near Alta Mere and injured three others.
