Speaking of Winter... At Least 6 Dead After Pileup Involving Over 130 Vehicles Traps Drivers, Shuts Down I-35W In Fort W

[DP]

Got to slow down!

A multi-car pileup, involving more than 130 vehicles, along Interstate-35W in Fort Worth shut down the highway Thursday and left multiple people trapped in their vehicles.

During in update Thursday afternoon, officials in Fort Worth confirmed at least six people, who have not been publicly identified, were killed in the crash.

Officials said at least 36 people were transported to hospitals and that a total of 65 people sought medical attention from the crash.

The pileup happened around 6:30 a.m. after freezing rain and sleet fell overnight and into the morning, leaving roadways across North Texas wet and slick.

https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2021/02/11/pile...ort-worth/

[modelamac]

One of my two sons in that area drove to work in that mess. Was not involved in the chain pileup, but said there was a lot of black ice. He was slipping and sliding at 25 mph all the way.

[C(-)ris]

Those stories usually come out of Michigan.

[Don C]

Network news picked up video showing a FedEx truck slamming into the congestion. Seems like he was going awfully fast for those road conditions. After he added his truck to the pileup, two more cars came barreling into the mess which also seems awfully fast.

[RAMd®d]

Got to slow down!


Exactly.

For years, CA turned a blind eye to collisions in fog where speed was the primary collision factor.

'It's the fog, it comes on suddenly..."

No excuses.

One year there was a >100 car pile up in Southern CA, and a lot of people got tickets.

There was a lot of futile pushback, but — education costs money.

Ice, black or otherwise is seldom to rarely a problem around here.

But fog can be, and too many people still drive far too fast.

[mrbigstuff]

I'm always amazed (as well as extremely angry) when I see people driving in the rain as if it's dry pavement. Around here people don't speed in the snow as much as they do when driving in the rain.

[btfc]

Several years ago, driving across country, I-70, heading west, just outside St. Louis. A little after sunrise. Black ice and people following way too close. I pulled off and waited for rush hour to end and for it to warm up a little. After I started out again, I drove past a 90 car pileup.

[Rolando]

Don C wrote:
Network news picked up video showing a FedEx truck slamming into the congestion. Seems like he was going awfully fast for those road conditions. After he added his truck to the pileup, two more cars came barreling into the mess which also seems awfully fast.

The pileup was just past a bridge, which had evidently iced over. Drivers could not see the pileup until they were ON the iced over bridge.

Surprised the local govt was not putting sand on the roads overnight. They usually do that in San Antonio on our 3x/Decade ice events!