Monthly Archives: February 2019

UPDATE: Two shot, one fatally, at Dairy Queen in north Fort Worth

Here is a quick update to the incident we first posted a few hours ago.

Fort Worth Police confirm two people were shot this evening at the Dairy Queen, 8620 North Beach Street. Both were transported. One person died and the second is in the hospital.

The two victims were shot by an unknown individual.

Homicide detectives are investigating the scene at this hour. Avoid the area.

Firefighters on scene of structure fire in Flower Mound

Flower Mound Battalion 501, Engine 501, Engine 504, Medic 501, Truck 501, and others are working a reported structure fire in the area of Lakewood Lane and Sunnyview Lane.

Reports indicate a barn is fully involved. Heavy smoke will be visible in this area while firefighters work to contain the blaze. No other structures are in danger.

A barn/shed is burned to the ground. A tractor is also on fire.

Avoid this area.

Fort Worth Police investigating shooting on the north side

Multiple Fort Worth PD officers are investigating a reported shooting near the 8600 block of N. Beach Street near N. Tarrant Parkway. Reports indicate heavy police activity at the Dairy Queen and near the Watervue apartment complex entrance.

FWPD were dispatched to the location in regards to a shooting just before 5:45pm this evening. At least one person has been shot. Two ambulances were requested.

Fort Worth FD’s Engine 31 and Engine 37 are both on scene along with MedStar EMS for patient care.

Avoid this area.

UPDATE: Person struck, killed by two vehicles on I-20 in Dallas

Earlier yesterday morning, Dallas Fire-Rescue and Dallas Sheriffs deputies were dispatched to a major accident involving a pedestrian struck on westbound I20 at Bonnie View. This was around 4:39am.

Sheriffs deputies arrived on scene and located the victim in the roadway of westbound Interstate I20 near Bonnie View. Witnesses state the person had been struck by two vehicles.

Dallas Fire-Rescue pronounced the victim deceased at 4:51am. The roadway was closed while police investigated the scene.

Both drivers who hit the person remained at the scene. There are no charges filed at this time.

No other details.

Grand Prairie firefighters contain a house fire

Grand Prairie’s Engine 1 (currently operating in the old Engine 9) arrived on scene and found heavy smoke showing from a single story house in the 1500 block of Paris Drive at Tripoli Trail.

Engine 1’s crew initiated a fast attack. Initial reports indicated some were unaccounted for, but a primary search of the house indicates everyone has safely exited the house.

Heavy fire was located inside the house in the attic and the rear of the structure. Crews have contained the fire at this time and are working to make sure it is completely out.

There are unknown injuries at this time.

Dallas firefighters working to contain a house fire on the south side

Battalion 5, Engine 38, and Engine 24 are all on scene with heavy smoke showing from a one-story house near the 7700 block of Brownsville Ave.

Engine 38 is pulling fire hose for a quick attack. Engine 24 is catching the fire hydrant for a constant water supply. Battalion 5 has command.

Battalion 8, Engine 6, Rescue 38, Truck 23, and Truck 25 are all assigned to the fire.

UPDATE: 23-year-old female killed in overnight crash near Italy

As we first posted just after midnight, multiple emergency responders from Ellis County were called to the scene of a major accident on Highway 77 near Morgan Road in references to a single vehicle crash.

When officers arrived, they located a vehicle off the roadway and into a creek. Two people, a 25-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman, had been injured.

Air Evac 74 was called to the scene for the male occupant. They airlifted him to Parkland Hospital. CPR was administered to the female on the scene, but her injuries were too severe. She was pronounced deceased on the scene.

The crash is being investigated by the Italy Police Department.

Emergency responders working major crash in Ellis County

Multiple emergency responders from Italy Fire Department, Milford Fire Department, Forreston Fire Department, Ellis County EMS, and law enforcement agencies have been called to the scene of a major accident on Highway 77 near Morgan Road.

Dispatched information indicates a vehicle has possibly rolled off the roadway and into a creek. Reports of two people injured. One person may have been ejected. Air Evac 74 is on standby.

This is ongoing along Highway 77 south of Italy. The highway is closed.

Law enforcement reports CPR in progress on one person involved in the crash.

UPDATE: Victim identified in fatal Fort Worth pedestrian crash

A 35-year-old female has been identified as the victim from late last night’s pedestrian crash on I35W in Fort Worth.

Officers were dispatched to the area of I35W and Rosedale around 11:45pm last night regarding a person in the lanes of travel. The person was struck and killed at the scene.

According to a release by Fort Worth PD, the female victim was riding in the bed of a pickup truck when she fell out onto the freeway. She was then struck multiple times.

There are no additional details at this time.

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