TEMPERATURES I+@N DECADES AND CHANCES FOR SNOW.
>>> WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS
ON THAT DEADLY PILEUP IN FT.
WORTH.
WORTH.
WORTH. THE +@IMAGES ARE SO HARD TO LOOK
AT.
AT.
AT. THIS
AT. THIS CHAIN REACTION CRASH
INVOLVED MORE THAN 100 VEHICLES.
AS YOU HEARD, SO FIRST
RESPONDERS SAY THIS IS ONE OF
THE WORST CRASHE+@S THEY+@ HAVE
RESPONDED TO.
RESPONDED TO. AND ANY TIME WE SEE TRAGEDY, WE
SEE NORTH TEXANS CO+@ME TOGETHE.
CONTINUE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS
AND PRAYERS FOR THE FAMILIES
IMPACTED ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.
>>> PETE+@ IS AT HOME THIS EVENG
WITH MORE CHANCES FOR WIN+@TERY
PRECIPITATION.
WITH MORE CHANCES FOR WIN+@TERY PRECIPITATION.+@
PRECIPITATION.+@ AND CHRIS LAWRENCE IS LIVE WITH
WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED ABOUT THE
CRASH IN THE LAST HALF HOUR.
>> R+@eporter: WE JUST HEARD FRM
THE FT.
THE FT.
THE FT. WORTH POL+@ICE CHIEF WHO
SAID THEY ARE GOING TO +@LOOKING
AT WHETHER THE ROAD WAS TREATED
PROPERLY BEFORE THE CRASH AS
PART OF THEIR ONGOING
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. HERE'S THE THING.
WE'RE STANDING BELOW THE CRASH
SITE.
SITE.
SITE. THE
SITE. THE EARTH ITSELF ACTS AS
INSULATION, FOR LACK OF A BETTER
TERM.
TERM.
TERM. IT'S EASY TO SEE HOW THE FRIGID
AIR WOULD BE CUTTING ABOVE AND
BELOW THE ELEVATED STRETCH OF
ROAD.
ROAD.
ROAD. I
ROAD. I WANT TO TAKE YOU TO THE
CHOPPER AND GIVE YOU A BIRDS EYE
VIEW OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING
THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
THIS ACCIDENT SCENE STRETCHES
MORE THAN A HALF A+@ MILE.
IT INVOLVED ABOUT 133 CARS,
SUVs, AND SEVERAL 18 W+@HEELERS
IT INVOLVED ABOUT 133 CARS, SUVs, AND SEVERAL 18 W+@HEELERSS
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. WE
WELL. WE KNOW THAT DOZENS +@OF PEOPLE
HAD TO BE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.
AND OVERALL, MORE THAN 60 PEOPLE
HAVE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT AT
SOME POINT TODAY.
WE DID JUST GET THAT UPDATE
FROM AUTHORITIES HERE IN FT.
WORTH.
WORTH.
WORTH. I
WORTH. I WANT TO GET LIVE TO MATT.
MATT, WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED?
.
.
. >>
. >> Reporter: WELL, CHRIS, IT'S
A VERY SAD MOMENT HERE AT THE
HEADQUARTERS FOR BOTH FT.
WORTH
WORTH
WORTH PD
WORTH PD A+@ND FT.
WORTH +@FIRE.
WORTH +@FIRE. AND MED STAR WAS HERE WITH THE
AMBULANCES AND HEALTH CARE
SERVICES IN THE CITY.
AND THEY
AND THEY
AND THEY TOLD US TODAY, LIKE YOU SAID,
THIS IS A MA+@SSIVE EVENT THAT+@
THEY ALL HAD TO UNDERTAKE, THAT
THEY HAD TO GET INVOLVED WITH,
AND THEY HAD TO RESPOND TO.
AND WHEN YOU SEE SOME OF THE
VIDEO THAT WE +@HAVE DISCOVERED
ONLINE ON SOCIAL MEDIA OF PEOPLE
DRIV+@ING ALONG NEXT TO THE
PILEUP, YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY
EVERYONE IS SO EXHAUSTED AND SO
ON EDGE AFTER TODAY.
SO
SO THAT
SO THAT IS CLEARLY THE VIDEO THAT WE WERE TALKING
ABOUT.
ABOUT.
ABOUT. IT'S JUST A BIT OF VIDEO
CIRCULATING ONLINE RIGHT N+@OW.
IT'S HARD THE WATCH.
PEOPLE GOT IN THEIR CARS TODAY
TO GO TO WORK, AND SOME PEOPLE
DID NOT MAKE IT HOME.
WE LEARNED THE FATALITIES IN THE
WRECK WENT FROM FIVE TO SIX IN
THE LAST HOUR OR SO.
911 CALLS STARTED COMING IN
AROUND 6:00 A.M.
36 WERE
36 WERE
36 WERE TRANSPORTED IN ALL TO HOSPITALS
FROM THE SCENE.
AND 65 WENT TO HOSPITALS ON
THEIR OWN AFTER THE CRASH
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED.+@ LESS THAN 20, WE'RE TOLD
FROM MED STAR, ARE STILL
HOSPITALIZED.
HOSPITALIZED. AND AS+@ CHRIS SAID EARLIER, FT.
WORTH IS LOOKING INTO RIGHT NOW
THE POSSIBILITY OR AT LEAST
THEY'RE INVESTIGATING WHETHER OR
NOT THESE ROADS WERE TREATED+@
OVERNIGHT AND HOW WELL THEY+@ WE
TREATED.
TREATED.
TREATED. IT WILL BE PART OF THE ACCIDENT
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. MAYOR BETSY PRICE WAS HERE AS
WELL WIT+@H THE POLICE AND FIRE.
SHE A+@SKED FOR FT.+@
WORTH, THE
WORTH, THE COMMUNITY, TO PRAY AND SO THINK
OF THOSE THAT WERE INVOLVED IN
TODAY'S CRASH.
TODAY'S CRASH.
>>
>> RIGHT
>> RIGHT NOW, WE WOULD ASK YOU TO KEEP ALL OF THOSE INVOLVED IN
YOUR THOUGHTS AND IN YOUR
PRAYERS IN THE DAYS AHEAD, WE
WILL+@ BE POSTING HOW YOU CAN HP
MOST AND WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK
LIKE.
LIKE.
LIKE. .
.
. >>
. >> Reporter: RIGHT+@ NOW, FT.
WORTH PD AND FIRE ARE ALL
ASSESSING THE MESS RIGHT NOW
OVER THERE ON I-35.
AND THEY SHOULD BE CLEANING UP
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.
IT'S NOT KNOWN WHEN THAT ROAD
WILL REOPEN.
WILL REOPEN. AND PRELIMINARY REPORTS