Fort Worth, TX — January 25, 2024, one person was killed and three were injured following a wrong-way car accident around 2:30 a.m. near Lockheed Boulevard.
Preliminary reports on the crash say it happened along the eastbound lanes of the freeway near Lockheed Boulevard and Alta Mere Drive.
According to officials, a vehicle reportedly got onto the eastbound lanes of the interstate going in the wrong direction. This led to a head-on collision involving a semi-truck. The crash ended up killing one person and injuring three. Right now, identities are unavailable, and it’s unclear who exactly was killed.
Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman
We have yet to get a clear determination on what happened here, but everyone is probably thinking the same thing I am: this was likely a drunk driving crash. Maybe something unusual happened here, but the numbers don’t lie. Alcohol is the most likely culprit when it comes to serious accidents just half an hour after bars close, but it’s almost always the cause of a wrong-way accident.
Considering there were two wrong-way crashes in Fort Worth within hours of each other, it’s worth taking the time to consider how to prevent these kinds of accidents. As legitimate as it is to discuss things like road improvements, the reality is few things prevent wrong-way crashes better than finding out if the wrong-way driver was illegally over-served by a local bar.
Every time a family came to our firm after they or a loved one were harmed in a wrong-way driving crash, it came to light that a local establishment recklessly served that driver to the point they were completely unaware of their surroundings. That sort of behavior isn’t some one-off mistake. It’s the result of practices that only continue to put lives at risk so long as the behavior goes unchallenged.
Fortunately, the legal tools available to punish those establishments are proven to be effective. Whether it’s liability for a crash, charges for the negligent staff, or administrative penalties through the TABC, I’ve yet to see a bar fail to clean up their act after they faced appropriate consequences for their actions. That’s why it should be one of the first things investigators consider after a deadly wrong-way crash like this one.
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