2 victims were identified in a heap of 133 cars in Fort Worth that killed 6 people

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Two of the victims of Thursday’s Fort Worth crash involving more than 100 cars and killing at least six people have been identified.

According to Tarrant County Medical Officers, Aaron Luke Watson, 45, and Tiffany Louann Gerred, 34, are among Thursday’s accident victims.

Both died at 06:13, according to medical investigators. Their causes of death are pending.

Thursday’s accumulation was the most staggering of the accidents that sowed icy roads across Dallas-Fort Worth throughout the day.

The crash, which was reported just after 6 a.m., occurred in the southern TEXPress lanes of Interstate 35W just north of downtown, Fort Worth Fire Chief Jim Davis said.

Officials said 133 vehicles were involved and that the accident stretched half a mile between Northeast 28th Street and Northside Drive.

Police in Fort Worth on Thursday closed all northern lanes of I-35W, including toll lanes, with traffic in both directions from Interstate 30 to Interstate 820.

As of about 6:30 a.m. Friday, the ramps of the northern loop Interstate 820 to the southern I-35W were still closed for the crash investigation.

A total of 65 people were treated in hospitals on Thursday for injuries related to the crash, but the number is expected to rise as more people seek help, MedStar spokesman Matt Zavadsky said. None of the therapists were children.

Zavadsky said a large number of people involved in the crash were health care workers wearing scrubs and hospital guns.

Four Fort Worth police officers were admitted to the hospital as a result of the wreckage, Chief Neil Noakes said. Three were on their way to work, and one was injured while helping at the scene. All four were discharged from the hospital.

In the early hours of the morning, fewer accidents were reported in the area. Many school districts in North Texas have again chosen to postpone the openings or switch to online tuition on Friday due to the inclement weather.

COVID-19 vaccine hub operations

Dallas county: Judge Clay Jenkins, County of Dallas said the province’s Fair Park Vaccination Center will be open on Friday, from 14:00 to 19:00, with limited hours

The province’s health department said in a tweet on Thursday at 9pm that the center would only vaccinate people who need to receive the second dose. Only people scheduled for their second doses from Monday to Thursday will be served in the center, the province said.

People who had to receive their second doses on Friday will be turned away if they show up at the site today, the country said. Weather permitting, the country said it would reopen Sunday to vaccinate people who need to be vaccinated for their second dose on Friday.

Tarrant county: Public Health in Tarrant County said in a tweet Wednesday night that the vaccination clinics will be open Friday to those with a regular appointment. COVID-19 test sites will be closed from Friday to Monday.

Collin county: Vaccinations originally planned for Friday at John Clark Stadium in Plano are being rescheduled, the country said. Affected patients will be contacted by Curative Medical Associates. Collin County government offices will have a delayed at 10:00 on Friday.

Denton county: The county said in a tweet on Tuesday that the county’s vaccination clinic at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth would be open Friday from 12:00 to 16:30 by appointment. People who were originally scheduled to be vaccinated on Thursday have moved their appointments to Friday, the country said.

Parkland Health and Hospital System: The vaccination sites at Ellis Davis Field House and Eastfield Community College in Mesquite would be closed Thursday through Monday. said the hospital. People with the appointments for those places would go to Parkland Memorial Hospital at the appointed time, and anyone who could not make it would have to be contacted by Parkland.

Test sites at Sam Tasby Middle School in Dallas, the Irving Health Center and the West Dallas Multipurpose Center remain closed Thursday through Monday, Parkland said.

Future forecast

North Texans are likely to get a breather from dangerous weather conditions for a few days, but they may soon struggle in a slippery condition again. A round of snow could come late Sunday through Monday, and according to the National Weather Service, there are not expected to be any highs from the 20s.

The Weather Service issued a winter storm watch for all of North Texas on Thursday afternoon, including the states of Dallas, Denton, Collin and Tarrant. The clock is in effect from late Saturday to Monday afternoon.

‘Travel will become almost impossible and could become life-threatening,’ the weather service warned in a winter storm warning, adding that ‘near snowstorm’ is possible with heavy, blowing snow.

How much snow the area may experience remains unclear, although some forecast models suggest accumulations of 3 to 7 inches, with higher totals further north, weather service Juan Hernandez said.

“In addition to the snow, winds of more than 25-30 km / h in the early morning hours can lead to borderline storm conditions,” he said in a forecast update. “Travel during this period is very discouraging, as falling snow will stick to any surface, given the cold temperatures.”