UPDATE (June 19, 2025): Tarrant County officials identified the men killed in the accident as 59-year-old Juan Zuniga Hernandez and 37-year-old Jose Rogelio Segovia. Additional details about the accident remain under investigation.
Tarrant County, TX — June 13, 2025, two people were killed following a work accident at around 5:15 p.m. along Aledo Iona Road.
Authorities said in their preliminary statements that the accident happened at a location far west of Fort Worth, along the 12000 block of Aledo Iona Road.
Investigators said that two men were doing maintenance on a tank that was underground. For reasons not clear right now, the men ended up unresponsive. Rescue teams reached them, but both workers reportedly died.
At this time, further statements on the cause of the accident remain under investigation.
Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman
There’s always an inherent challenge simply finding out what went wrong after a workplace fatality. On top of that though, it’s important people recognize that Texas has the most complex work fatality laws of any other state in the nation. There isn’t always a guaranteed path to get workers’ families benefits following a fatal accident. That means they could end up in a legal maze they weren’t prepared to navigate.
So as important as it is to wait for answers after these kinds of accidents, families fare best when they take steps as early as possible to learn what comes next for them. Their situation might be a lot different than they assumed, so understanding their rights is a prudent first step to getting them a just resolution on top of getting answers about what happened to their loved one.
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