FORT WORTH, Texas — One person was killed in a chain-reaction crash that started with a small car rear-ending a sedan, Fort Worth police said.
Officers responded to the crash at 5:44 a.m. Oct. 31 to Interstate 35W at Sycamore School Road, according to a press release from the Fort Worth Police Department.
The crash is near a separate incident in the northbound lanes of I-35W which caused traffic to slow near Everman Parkway.
A passenger car rear-ended a sedan, starting a chain reaction involving five passenger vehicles and one commercial vehicle, the release states. Two occupants of the sedan were taken to a hospital in serious condition, one passenger was pronounced dead at the scene, the release states. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office later identified the passenger as Veronica Elzalde, 24.
As of 9:41 a.m., all southbound lanes remained closed to traffic. All traffic is being forced to exit at the IH20 East Ramp, according to TxDOT.
