wonder91178
11-29-2007, 12:44 PM
Another one hitting the back of a semi :doh:
Posted on Thu, Nov. 29, 2007
Accident off I-35W kills one
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/story/331473.html
BY BILL MILLER
wmiller@star-telegram.com
FORT WORTH -- A 21-year-old man, believed to be a military serviceman, died early Thursday in a fiery motorcycle wreck on the city's far north side, police said.
Officials were withholding the man's name until they're sure that his family has been notified, said Sgt. Rodney Bangs, supervisor of the traffic investigation unit.
The man, however, had a military identification card and his Texas driver's license listed a home address at Naval Air Station Fort Worth, Bangs said.
He said he did not know which branch of service the man belonged to. Base officials could not be reached for comment.
The wreck was reported bout 6:30 a.m. on Texas 170, also called Alliance Gateway, near the intersection with Old Denton Road. The area is about a half-mile east of the highway's intersection with Interstate 35W, about a half-mile southeast of Fort Worth Alliance Airport.
Speed appears to have caused the wreck, Bangs said.
Witnesses told police that the 2002 Honda motorcycle, traveling west at a high rate of speed, struck the back of a tractor-trailer that had just turned west onto the highway from Old Denton Road, Bangs said.
The crash caused the motorcycle to burst into flames, the police spokesman said.
The rider, who wore a helmet, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The tractor-trailer driver later told police that he did not know the back of the rig had been hit, Bangs said. The driver continued south on I-35W, and had made it to Arlington where he heard a radio news report about the accident, the spokesman said.
The truck driver got out to check his trailer and saw damage consistent with a crash, Bangs said.
"He returned to Fort Worth and is cooperating with the investigation," Bangs said.
No other information was available at noon.
Posted on Thu, Nov. 29, 2007
Accident off I-35W kills one
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/story/331473.html
BY BILL MILLER
wmiller@star-telegram.com
FORT WORTH -- A 21-year-old man, believed to be a military serviceman, died early Thursday in a fiery motorcycle wreck on the city's far north side, police said.
Officials were withholding the man's name until they're sure that his family has been notified, said Sgt. Rodney Bangs, supervisor of the traffic investigation unit.
The man, however, had a military identification card and his Texas driver's license listed a home address at Naval Air Station Fort Worth, Bangs said.
He said he did not know which branch of service the man belonged to. Base officials could not be reached for comment.
The wreck was reported bout 6:30 a.m. on Texas 170, also called Alliance Gateway, near the intersection with Old Denton Road. The area is about a half-mile east of the highway's intersection with Interstate 35W, about a half-mile southeast of Fort Worth Alliance Airport.
Speed appears to have caused the wreck, Bangs said.
Witnesses told police that the 2002 Honda motorcycle, traveling west at a high rate of speed, struck the back of a tractor-trailer that had just turned west onto the highway from Old Denton Road, Bangs said.
The crash caused the motorcycle to burst into flames, the police spokesman said.
The rider, who wore a helmet, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The tractor-trailer driver later told police that he did not know the back of the rig had been hit, Bangs said. The driver continued south on I-35W, and had made it to Arlington where he heard a radio news report about the accident, the spokesman said.
The truck driver got out to check his trailer and saw damage consistent with a crash, Bangs said.
"He returned to Fort Worth and is cooperating with the investigation," Bangs said.
No other information was available at noon.