Wrong-way crash on I-35 kills 1, injures 2 in Fort Worth

A wrong-way crash on I-35 in Fort Worth killed a passenger and seriously injured two drivers.

FORT WORTH, Texas — A wrong-way crash on Interstate 35 early Sunday morning left one person dead and two others hospitalized with serious injuries, according to the Fort Worth Police Department.

Officers responded to a major accident call around 1:07 a.m. near the northbound lanes of I-35 at Berry Street. Investigators believe a vehicle traveling southbound in the northbound lanes collided head-on with another car.

The vehicle driving the wrong way had a single occupant. The other vehicle carried a driver and a passenger. The passenger of the struck vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene. The drivers of both vehicles were transported to a nearby hospital with serious injuries, authorities said.

The names of those involved have not yet been released, and the crash remains under investigation.

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