Federal investigators found the company responsible for maintaining I-35W in Fort Worth failed to properly “monitor and address icy roadway conditions' ahead of the deadly pileup during the Texas Winter Storm in 2021.
Officials said six people were pronounced dead following the pileup crash, which stretched for nearly a mile in the southbound lanes of Interstate 35W near Northside Drive north of downtown., North Tarrant Express Mobility Partners Segment 3 , which is the company responsible for maintaining I-35W, pretreated the elevated portion of road where the crash happened 44 hours beforehand with a "liquid brine solution.
They put down salt in some portions of the interstate on Feb. 11, but not the section where the crash happened. Crews also drove the northbound lanes to visually check the roadway, but didn’t report moisture, so they didn’t apply salt. NTSB investigators found NTEMP S3’s process for maintaining the roadway was "deficient," as they did not find that additional de-icing treatment was needed, despite continued precipitation and freezing temperatures that left the roadway icy.in the left lane of the interstate. The speed limit there is 75.Federal investigators discovered drivers were going too fast just before a deadly pileup on an icy day in Fort Worth.
Following its investigation, the NTSB recommended Texas install variable speed-limit signs, add sensors to reduce response times to weather-related hazardous road conditions, and provide training to Texas toll road facilities on how to better respond to winter storms.
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