480 pounds of liquid meth found in car after two people die in Fort Worth crash
A car crash near downtown Fort Worth on Thursday that killed two people and hospitalized a firefighter resulted in a massive meth bust, police said Friday.
Officers and fire crews initially responded to the scene near 1940 Delga Street about 11:30 a.m. Thursday, the Star-Telegram previously reported.
Investigators found that a moving car hit a parked vehicle and then continued for some distance before stopping, police said in a news release. The driver and passenger of that car were both pronounced dead at the scene.
During the investigation of the crash, Fort Worth firefighters found 10 large plastic buckets of an initially unknown chemical in the car. The fumes from the chemical were “very strong, but were contained inside the vehicle,” police wrote.
The chemical tested presumptive positive for liquid methamphetamine. Combined, there were 480 pounds of liquid meth in the car, with an estimated street value between $1 million and $3 million, police said.
The DEA Clandestine Lab responded to the scene to take custody of the drugs.
The injured firefighter was taken to a hospital to be treated for exposure to the fumes and is expected to be released Friday in good condition, police said.
The occupants of the car will be identified by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office.
