A lengthy investigation of the deadly pile-up on the North Tarrant Express toll road in Fort Worth three years ago shows Texas transportation officials were...

Reporter Yamil Berard scoured through thousands of pages of court records, documents from the National Transportation Safety Board, and videos of that tragic day in February 2021 when 130 cars, trucks and semis piled up along a stretch of the North Tarrant Express. Early morning commuters, unaware of the black ice beneath them, crashed one after another along two lanes bound by concrete barriers on both sides. The horrific scene spanned the length of three football fields.

  • Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world
    5·
    20 days ago

    This irritates me because it means 1 thing: another excuse for them to jack up toll rates.

    You’d think think toll rates would be tied to maintenance costs after it pays for it’s construction, right? Nah, not here. It’s a forever well of money for someone (and not to us tax payers). Don’t drive on it you say? The number of toll roads in North Texas is now so high, you may have a 10 mile radius to the closest interstate.