A pickup truck driver was killed late Wednesday, Oct. 7, after the vehicle left Interstate 30 in east Fort Worth and slammed into a large signpost at high speed. The driver had to be cut from the wreckage and died at the scene, according to police.
Officers responded to the crash in the 6000 block of I-30, as reported by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Police said the truck had left the highway before striking the signpost, and the driver was extricated from the vehicle but could not be saved. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office is expected to publicly identify the driver, per the same report. Further details about the crash were not immediately available.
Another Fatal Wreck on the Same Stretch of Highway
Wednesday's crash is the latest in a string of deadly single-vehicle wrecks along I-30 in Fort Worth this year. In June, a man died after being ejected in a rollover crash on westbound I-30 just past University Drive, according to police cited by CBS News Texas. That crash, which happened around 7:30 p.m., prompted the Fort Worth Police Department's traffic investigative unit to open an inquiry, and traffic cameras showed emergency crews working in the westbound lanes as vehicles were diverted around the scene.
Fatal single-vehicle crashes have periodically closed or damaged infrastructure along Fort Worth's major highways in recent years. A deadly crash once damaged an I-30 road sign, according to a report from FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth, while a separate fatal wreck involving a Waste Management truck striking a highway pillar forced an extended shutdown, as detailed by WFAA.
Investigation Remains Open
No additional information about what led the pickup truck to leave the highway has been released. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office has not yet made a public identification of the driver, and it remains unclear whether any additional details on the circumstances of the crash will be released by investigators.
