DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) — Icy roads across North Texas are being blamed for at least one death overnight. Just before midnight there was an 18-vehicle pileup on Interstate-45 at Lamar Street in Dallas. RELATED: Pileup Involving More Than 100 Cars & Trucks Traps Drivers, Shuts Down Interstate-35W In Fort Worth According to police, the incident started with just one crash. The male driver of a car involved in the accident got out to check damage to their car and was hit by several other vehicles, killing him and causing the pileup. (credit: CBSDFW.COM) It wasn’t just civilian vehicles involved in the pileup, a Dallas police cruiser that was blocking traffic from the accident, on the opposite side of the interstate, was also hit. RELATED: Dallas Resident Tracy Rollins Jr. Arrested, Charged After Woman's Body Found On I-80 In Pennsylvania Besides the death, of those involved in the pileup only one person was taken to the hospital. Their injuries are said to be … [Read more...] about One Dead After Slick Roads Cause 18-Car Pileup On Interstate-45 In Dallas
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Truck Split In Half In Fatal Crash: Northbound I-25 Reopens After 3 Hour Closure In Larimer County
LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – One person was killed in a crash on I-25 in Larimer County on Tuesday morning. It happened at mile marker 270, near Highway 14. Copter4 flew over the crash at 9:55 a.m. (credit: Colorado State Patrol) Colorado State Patrol shared a photo showing the truck split in half — with the cab and the bed several feet away from each other. (credit: CBS) The crash involved a semi, but there are no details on what happened, or if anyone else was hurt. (credit: CBS) The northbound lanes of I-25 were closed for about 3 hours at mile marker 271 for the investigation. Northbound lanes reopened just after noon. … [Read more...] about Truck Split In Half In Fatal Crash: Northbound I-25 Reopens After 3 Hour Closure In Larimer County
At least 9 dead in crashes across Dallas-Fort Worth area due to winter storms
(CNN) At least nine people have died in car crashes as of Thursday evening due to winter storms across the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas, according to a count by CNN. A 133-car pileup on Interstate 35 West in Fort Worth on Thursday left at least six people dead, according to Fort Worth Police Chief Neil Noakes. The pileup was reported around 6 a.m. CT and spanned roughly a mile. The incident was one of several reported in the Dallas-Fort Worth and Austin areas during dicey weather conditions Thursday that included freezing rain and accumulating ice. TRACK THE WINTER STORM Numerous vehicles were piled up on this section of the highway alone in Fort Worth. There were at least three deaths in Dallas attributed to icy roads, according to crash information sent to CNN by Dallas Police Department spokeswoman Tamika Dameron. Read More One person died in an 18-vehicle crash on Julius Schepps Freeway around 11:15 p.m. Wednesday when a man was … [Read more...] about At least 9 dead in crashes across Dallas-Fort Worth area due to winter storms
Dallas Resident Tracy Rollins Jr. Arrested, Charged After Woman’s Body Found On I-80 In Pennsylvania
MILTON, Pa. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A man from North Texas has been arrested in Connecticut and charged in relation to the murder of a woman whose body was found on Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania. According to Pennsylvania state police, state troopers arrested Tracy Rollins Jr., 28, of Dallas, on Wednesday. He is accused of killing Rebecca Landrith, 47, of Virginia. Rollins has been charged with criminal homicide and abuse of corpse. RELATED: Pileup Involving More Than 100 Cars & Trucks Traps Drivers, Shuts Down Interstate-35W In Fort Worth Authorities said they believed she was likely shot elsewhere before her body was dumped and discovered on Sunday along an I-80 eastbound ramp in Pennsylvania’s Union County. RELATED: One Dead After Slick Roads Cause 18-Car Pileup On Interstate-45 In Dallas Landrith — who was shot in the head, neck and throat, and was wearing maternity jeans when her body was found — had recently travelled through parts of the Midwest, state police said, … [Read more...] about Dallas Resident Tracy Rollins Jr. Arrested, Charged After Woman’s Body Found On I-80 In Pennsylvania
Dallas Officer Hit, Killed By Suspected Intoxicated Driver, Police Say
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A Dallas officer has died after he was hit by a suspected intoxicated driver early Saturday morning, police said. Police said the incident happened at around 1:45 a.m. as the officer, who has not yet been identified, was blocking traffic for a crash in a northbound lanes of North Central Expressway at Walnut Hill Lane. The officer was standing outside his vehicle, which had its emergency lights on, when he was hit by a 32-year-old driver who was going at a high rate of speed, police said. The officer was taken to a hospital, where he died from his injuries. Police said the driver was arrested after suspicion of intoxication. Charges are still pending. “It is with a heavy heart that I announce that this morning at approximately 0125 a @DallasPD officer, working an accident scene, was struck and killed by a DWI driver. Our department is once again mourning, but we are heartened by the strength of his family. Godspeed my brother,” Dallas Police Chief Eddie … [Read more...] about Dallas Officer Hit, Killed By Suspected Intoxicated Driver, Police Say