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Fort Worth police look for reckless driver connected to deadly Tuesday I-20 bridge crash

Police are looking for a reckless driver who they believe may have been involved in a deadly Tuesday evening accident on westbound Interstate 20 near Hemphill Street in Fort Worth.

Anybody with information on a red four-door sedan, possibly a Dodge Charger, that was in the area between 8:25 and 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, is asked to call Fort Worth police at 817-392-4888.

Police on Tuesday said a car crashed into a bridge support on westbound I-20 near Hemphill Street after going off the roadway. One person died at the scene, and another was taken to the hospital in critical condition.

A MedStar spokesman at the time said the crash caused the occupants of the car to become trapped inside. Police were responding to a call of a hit and run in the area when they found the crash, a police spokesman said Tuesday.

James Hartley
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
James Hartley was a news reporter at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram from 2019 to 2024
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