+@
+@ >>>
+@ >>> THANK YOU TASHARA, JUST TO
SET THE SCENE I WANTED TO LET
PEOPLE KNOW I'M AT THE 28th
AVENUE EXIT OFF INTERSTATE 35
AND THIS+@ IS THE VIEW IF YOU A
LOOKING SOUTHBOUND TOWARD
DOWNTOWN FORT WORTH.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE ROAD
CLOSURES, NORTHBOUND THE
TRAFFIC SEEMS TO BE PRETTY WIDE
OPEN AND I WONDER IF A LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE JUST AVOIDING THIS
AREA IN GENERAL TODAY TRYING TO
STAY AWAY FROM WHATEVER
SLOWDOWNS THERE MIGHT BE.
BUT YOU MENTIONED THE HIGHWAY
STILL BEING CLOSED AS THIS+@
INVESTIGATION CONTINUES,
INVESTIGATION CONTINUES, CERTAINLY A LOT OF FOLKS SAW
THIS ACCID+@ENT YESTERDAY AND
MAYBE THE FIRST QUESTION THEY
HAD WAS WHY WEREN'T THESE ROADS
TREATED?
TREATED?
TREATED? AS WE GET OVER TO CHRIS SADE+@G
THIS MORNING THAT'S A QUESTION
WE NEED ANSWERED , NOT ONLY HOW
MUCH TREATMENT HAD BEEN DONE
BUT WHAT AFFECTED IT HAVE ON
THE PILEUP?
THE PILEUP? >> Reporter: MARC THERE'S A LOT
OF WORK TO BE DONE, THE CLEANUP
OF THIS CRASH SITE WON'T BE
COMPLETE+@ UNTIL SOMETIME THIS
MORNING AT THE EARLIEST , YOU
CAN SEE THEY HAVE THE BIG
LI+@GHTS OUT +@HERE SO THEY CAN
WORK.
WORK.
WORK. ALSO THE INVESTIGATI+@ON WILL
LIKELY TAKE WEEKS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THEY WILL
INVESTIGAT+@E, HOW AND WHEN WAS
THE HIGHWAY PRETREATED LEADING
UP TO THIS TRAGEDY ON THURSDAY
MORNING.
MORNING.
+@
IS
IS A
IS A MANAGED TOLLW+@AY THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE EXPRESS
LANES OPERATED BY AN AGENCY
CALLED THE NORTH TARRANT
EXPRESS WHICH IS A PUBLIC-
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. THEY SAY SALT TRUCKS TREATED
THE ROADS TWO DAYS EARLIER ON
TUESDAY AND ALSO DID SPOT
TREATMENT IN THE TIME BETWEEN
THEN AND THE CRASH.
CELL PHONE VIDEO TAKEN ON I 35
SHOWED THOSE CARS COME SLIDING
DOWN ONE AFTER ANOTHER CRASHING
INTO THE PILEUP.
SOME OF THEM HUGE SEMI TRUCKS.
IT LEFT SOME DRIVERS TRAPPED
AND INJUR+@ED AND DEALING WITH
THE EFFECTS OF HYPOTHERMIA AND
SIX DEAD.
SIX DEAD.
SIX DEAD. DOZENS MORE TAKEN TO HOSPITALS
AS OF LAST NIGHT WE WERE TOLD
THAT LESS THAN 20 WERE STIL+@L
BEING HOSPITALIZED.
BEING HOSPITALIZED. TH+@ERE WILL BE A LOT OF
INVESTIGATION INTO EVERY ACTION
THAT LED TO THIS, ONE OF THE
STATE REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE
ERA, THE AREA, WAS TWEETING
ABOUT THE FACTORS LEADIN+@G TO
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. NOT
THIS. NOT ONLY HOW THE ROADS WERE
PREPARED BUT THE OVE+@RALL +@DE
OF THE EXPRESS LANES.
HE SAID THE DESIGN WITHOUT A
SHOULDER IS A COMPLETE FAILURE
IN THE PROCEDURES FOR+@ ENSURIN
PROPER MAINTENANCE.
PROPER MAINTENANCE. HE SAYS THAT HE PRAYS THAT IT
WILL SERVE AS A TESTAMENT TO
+@
WILL SERVE AS A TESTAMENT TO WHY PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
ARE FOR PROFIT AND NOT SAFETY.
A COUPLE OF OTHER DISADVANTAGES
IN PLAY HERE, THE ELEVATED
SURFACE, YOU CAN SEE THE
HIGHWAY ON THE PILINGS, IT IS +@
NOT INSULATED BY THE+@ GROUND A
THAT IS WHY WE+@ ALWAYS PREACHE
TO BE VERY C+@AREFUL ON BRIDGES
AND OVERPASSES BUT ALSO FOR THE
SOUTHBOUND SIDE THEY ARE COMING
DOWN AT A LITTLE BIT OF A
DECLINE SO THEY ARE COMING
DOWNHILL AND IF YOU ARE
CARRYING YOUR MOMENTUM ON ICE
THAT MAKES+@ IT ALL THE MORE
DIFFICULT TO STOP.
SO JUST A LOT OF FACTORS LED TO
THIS RECIPE FOR DISASTER.
MARC BACK TO YOU.
>>> YOU ARE RIGHT CHRIS AND
HAVING DRIVEN THAT STRETCH OF
ROADWAY IN THOSE EXPRESS L+@ANE
YOU GET INTO THOSE LANES AND
THERE IS NO EXIT LANES, THAT IS
BOTH A FEATURE AND A FLAW+@.
IT'S A FEATURE BECAUSE IT HELPS
TRAFFIC AVOID OTHER TRAFFIC AS
PEOPLE TRY TO GET PAST DOWNTOWN
+@
PEOPLE TRY TO GET PAST DOWNTOWN FORT WORTH BUT IT'S A FLAW
BECAUSE IF YOU CAME UPON THIS
YESTERDAY YOU HAD NOWHERE TO
GO.
GO.
GO. YOU
GO. YOU WERE STUCK SO YOU HIT THE
BRAKES AND THAT IS HOW THAT+@
PILEUP GOT WORSE. +@
OF COURSE WE WILL CONTINUE TO
LOOK AT THAT ASPECT AND SEE HOW
MUCH IT CONTRIBUTED TO THE
PILEUP AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO
KEEP YOU UPDATED, AND A +@GREA
+@
+@ WAY
+@ WAY TO
+@ WAY TO STAY INFORMED US TO
DOWNLOAD +@THE WFAA APP ON YOUR
PHONE +@WHETHER YOU HAVE AN
ANDROID OR AN iPHONE.
JUST GO TO YOUR APP STORE TO
DOWNLOAD IT AND WE WILL SEND
YOU ALERTS ABOUT WEATHER AND
OTHER BREAKING NEWS WHENEVER IT
OCCURS.
OCCURS.
OCCURS. >>> WE KNOW THERE WILL SEVERAL
REPORTS OF BLACK ICE THROUGHOUT
THE MORNING ALL +@OVER NORTH
TEXAS WITH TEMPERATURE STILL
BELOW FREEZING, THAT IS GOING
TO BE A CONCERN FOR THE NEXT
FEW DAYS.
FEW DAYS.
FEW DAYS. ALEX ROZIER JOINS US LIVE IN
DALLAS AND ALEX WHAT ARE WE
LOOKING AT COMPARE TO
YESTERDAY?
YESTERDAY? >>
+@
HI
HI CARA
HI CARA GOOD MORNING, I THINK COMPARED TO YESTERDAY THINGS
ARE GOING ALRIGHT.
I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LIVE
LOOK AT 75 BEHIND ME, YOU SEE
TRAFFIC MOVING ALONG NICELY AND
THIS HAS BEEN PRETTY MUCH OF
THE EXPERIENCE WE'VE SEEN SINCE
WE GOT OUT ON THE ROAD+@S IN TH
3 AM HOUR, WE'VE HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY +@TO DRIVE SOME OF
THE MAIN INTERSTATES.
35 AND 30.
THE BIG THING WE ARE SEEING IS
NOT SO MUCH THE MAIN
INTERSTATES, IT'S THE OFF RAMPS
AND ON RAMPS THAT HAVE BEEN A
BIT OR SLICK.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED
YESTERDAY IN FORT WORTH
COMPARATIVELY THIS MORNING, +@
THINGS ARE MOVING ALONG NICELY.
+@
THINGS ARE MOVING ALONG NICELY. HOWEVER I WILL TELL YOU IT IS
BITTER COLD OUT HERE, I HAVE +@
FIVE LAYERS ON, THIS WIND IS
RIPPING
RIPPING HARD AND IT IS COLD, COLD.
COLD.
COLD. IF
COLD. IF YOU ARE HEADE+@D OUT BE SURE
TO PREPARE FOR THE CONDITIONS
AND IF YOU ARE GOING TO GET ON
THE ROAD+@S BE SURE TO GIVE
YOURSELF A LITTLE EXTRA TIME.
LET'S SEND IT INTO TIFFANY LIEU
WHO IS GOING TO HAVE AN UPDATE
ON WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING.
>>> HI ALEX, WHAT I+@ WANT TO
FOCUS ON, GREG HAS MENTIONED
THIS WEEK+@END THAT YOU MIGHT R
INTO SOME ISSUES DRIVING IN
WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS.
DRIVE ACCORDING TO CONDITIONS
WHI+@CH MEANS +@INCREASE YOUR
TRAVEL DIS+@TANCE BETWEEN YOU+@
OTHER VEHICL+@ES AND DECREASE
YOUR SPEED.
YOUR SPEED. +@ I +@KNOW WE SAY THIS ALL THE TI
BUT
BUT AFTER
BUT AFTER WHAT WE WITNESSED YESTERDAY WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
WE ARE BEING CONSIDERATE OF
OTHERS AS WE SHARE THE
ROADWAYS.
ROADWAYS.
ROADWAYS. DRIVE WITH HEADLIGHTS ON DAY
AND NIGHT AND IF YOU DO HAPPEN
TO SLIDE OR HAVE AN ACCIDENT
GENTLY TURN INTO TH+@E SLIDE AN
BE AWARE OF OTHER VEHICLES AND
OF COURSE NEVER EXIT Y+@OUR
VEHICLE ON AN ICY BRIDGE, JUST
A FEW TIPS AS YOU GET READY TO
HEAD OUT.
HEAD OUT.
HEAD OUT. I CERTAINLY RECOMMEND STAYING
INDOORS.
INDOORS.
INDOORS. GREG I WANT TO SEND IT TO+@ YOU
AND I CAN JUST HERE IN OUR
REPORTERS VOICES, THEY SOUND
LIKE THEY ARE FREEZING OUT
+@
LIKE THEY ARE FREEZING OUT THERE.
THERE.
THERE. >>
THERE. >> AND IT'S GOING TO GET EVEN
COLDER AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT
YOU TO BE PREPARED.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
PRECIPITATION CHANCES AND WE
WILL GET MORE ON THAT COMING UP
BUT LOOKING AT THE HIGHS
GETTING
INTO
INTO NEXT
INTO NEXT WEEK WE WON'T GET OUT OF THE 20s O+@N SUNDAY AND MOND
WE PROBABLY WON'T GET OUT OF
THE TEENS SO WE ARE SETTING
RECORDS FOR THE COLDEST HIGH
TEMPERATURES AS WELL GETTING
INTO NEXT WEEK.
THEN YOUR OVERNIGHT LOWS, WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT LOWER TEENS
AND SINGLE DIGITS SUNDAY NIGHT
INTO MONDAY, WERE TALKING ABOUT
A LOW SOMEWHERE AROUND 11 ABOVE
AND THEN SINGLE DIGITS ON MONDAY
, MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY WE
COULD BE AROUND SEVEN IN THE
LAST TIME WE +@SAW SINGLE DIGIT
IT'S BEEN A WHILE, THE LAST TIME
WE GOT INTO THE TEENS WAS 2018
IN JANUARY AND THE LAST TIME WE
SAW SINGLE DIGITS WAS FAIRBURY
FOURTH 1996.
FOURTH 1996. SO IT'S A WHILE SINCE IT'S BEEN
THAT COLD AND THE LAST
TEMPERATURE BELOW ZERO WAS WAY
BACK IN 1989.
SO WE WILL HAVE THE COLDEST
TEMPERATURES FOR QUITE SOME
TIME EARLY NEXT WEEK.
+@>>> ALL RIGHT THANK YOU GREG.
THE COLD WEATHER IS HERE TO
STAY AND THAT MEANS MORE ICY
ROADS.
ROADS.
ROADS. WE
ROADS. WE WILL TALK ABOUT CAR PrEP
COMING +@UP AND WE NEED A
REMINDER SINCE WE DON'T DEAL
+@WITH AT THIS -- WITH THAT THI
OFTEN.
OFTEN.
OFTEN. AND WE WANT TO UPLIFT OUR
NEIGHBORS IMPACTED BY THE
DEVASTATING CRASH.
DEVASTATING CRASH. SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS SEND+@
LOVE TO FORT WORTH.
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