NTSB: Crews failed to de-ice road before massive 130-vehicle Texas crash`
and semitrailers began just after 6 a.m. in the southbound toll lanes, which had a speed limit of 75 mph . Concrete barriers separated the southbound toll lanes from the northbound toll lanes and from the southbound general-use lanes.
The NTSB said that the crash began when a vehicle struck the concrete barrier on the right side of the toll lanes. Other vehicles then began sliding, spinning and striking the barriers. Then a large truck crashed into some of those vehicles, and other vehicles that were unable to stop also became part of the massive crash that blocked all of the southbound toll lanes.Before the crash, the area experienced 36 consecutive hours of below-freezing temperatures.
But, the NTSB said, in the hours before the crash, rain fell and a light mist and fog were reported, and signs managed by North Tarrant Express Mobility Partners Segment along the southbound toll lanes displayed this message: “ICY CONDITIONS EXIST/PLEASE USE CAUTION.” Local officials said at the time that the road was so treacherous from ice that several first responders who responded to the crash ended up falling as they tried to help.
The recommendations from the NTSB include the installation of variable speed limit signs, adding sensors to reduce response times to hazardous road conditions and providing training on how to better respond to winter weather conditions.
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