Monthly Archives: April 2020

EVACUATIONS ORDERED DUE TO GAS LINE FIRE IN GRAND PRAIRIE

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The Following Message Is Transmitted At The Request Of The City Of Grand Prairie Emergency Management. A Large Natural Gas Fire Is In Progress Near Mayfield Rd And Forum Drive In Grand Prairie. Emergency Management Officials Have Requested The Immediate Evacuation Of All Residences And Businesses In The Following Areas

If You Live Between Mayfield Road And Interstate 20 And Between Hwy 360 And Great Sw Parkway You Are Advised To Evacuate Immediately To The East Or West Using Either Interstate 20 Or Mayfield Road.

Civil Emergency Message was issued on April 18 at 12:02PM CDT by the National Weather Service in Dallas-Fort Worth.

UPDATE from Grand Prairie FD: Thank you for your patience as we work to mitigate the gas leak located at Mayfield Rd and 360. We will notify you via social media and city website gptx.org as soon as it is safe to return home.

Update from Grand Prairie FD: Atmos has stopped the gas flow and the fire is out. Any residual gas is under controlled-release at this time. GPFD and Atmos are currently checking buildings for elevated gas levels. And, Oncor is in the process of restoring power. All residents under the evacuation area are now allowed to safely return home. If you have any concerns, such as a gas odor inside your residence, please contact the fire department.

Driver dies in south Grand Prairie crash

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The Grand Prairie Police and Fire/EMS responded to a major accident last night (Sunday) at a south Grand Prairie intersection.

Police say a 35-year-old man driving a pickup truck southbound on SE 14th Street failed to negotiate the curve in the road and crashed off the street. The vehicle struck a tree and a light pole before crashing into another vehicle on Belt Line Road.

The 35-year-old driver was killed in the crash. He was from Fort Worth. The driver of the second vehicle was not seriously injured.

The crash occurred around 9:05PM on Sunday evening. It remains under investigation at this time.

Driver ejected, killed after vehicle hits pole in Arlington

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The Arlington Police Department is investigating a major accident with fatality that occurred on Saturday evening.

Multiple emergency responders were called to the 400 block of North Watson Road (Hwy 360 Service Road) near Division Street in reference to a major accident.

A vehicle struck a pole after crashing off the roadway. Police say a curve in the roadway may have caused the driver to veer off.

The driver (lone occupant) was ejected and suffered critical injuries. Arlington EMS transported him to Medical City Arlington, but he was pronounced deceased on Sunday afternoon.

The victim has been identified as a 34-year-old man from Grand Prairie.

Man critically injured in Haltom City shooting

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The Haltom City Police Department is investigating a shooting in the 2600 block of Portwood Court.

Officers responded to the house at 4:25PM this afternoon regarding a person who was shot. Upon arrival, emergency personnel made contact with a 27-year-old man who was shot multiple times.

It is reported that he was shot by an acquaintance. The suspect left the scene in an unknown vehicle.

MedStar has ground transported the patient to JPS with critical, life-threatening injuries.

Police are currently investigating the case.

One killed, three injured in Grand Prairie rollover crash

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The Grand Prairie Police Department is investigating a major accident involving a fatality that occurred last night (Saturday) around 10:15PM.

Multiple emergency responders from Grand Prairie Fire/EMS and Police all responded to the 3100 block of Hardrock Road at Trinity Blvd in regards to a rollover crash.

Officials say a vehicle occupied by multiple people was driving at a high rate of speed when the driver lost control. The vehicle overturned multiple times.

Grand Prairie EMS transported three (3) occupants to the hospital with injuries. A fourth occupant was killed in the crash.

The identity of the deceased has not yet been released at this time.

UPDATE: One killed, one injured in motorcycle accident on 183 in Hurst

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The Hurst Police Department is investigating a fatality accident involving a motorcycle that occurred last night (Saturday).

Hurst Fire/EMS and PD all responded to the eastbound toll lanes of Highway 183 near Hurstview Drive around 6:45PM.

Officials say a motorcycle struck the wall of the managed lanes on Highway 183 Express.

One female rider was pronounced deceased at the scene. One male was transported from the scene to Baylor Grapevine trauma center with CPR in progress. The crash only involved one motorcycle.

The accident remains under investigation at this time.

3 dead after wrong-way crash on Dallas North Tollway

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The Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating a major accident involving multiple fatalities that occurred overnight in north Dallas.

At around 3:00AM, DPS troopers and Dallas Fire-Rescue were dispatched to a crash in the northbound lanes of the Dallas North Tollway near IH-635 (LBJ).

Officials say a wrong-way driver traveling southbound entered the northbound lanes of the Dallas North Tollway at Belt Line and traveled for approximately a minute before the crash.

Both vehicles caught fire after the collision.

Two occupants in the wrong-way vehicle died at the scene. One occupant (driver) of the northbound vehicle also died at the scene.

The northbound lanes of DNT were closed while troopers investigated the crash.

Driver being airlifted from crash on I35E in Red Oak

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Multiple emergency responders from the Red Oak Fire Rescue, Police Department, DPS, and Ellis County EMS (AMR) are working a major accident on southbound I35E near the exit to US-77.

One SUV overturned in the crash. A PHI Air Medical helicopter has landed at the scene. The cause of the crash is unknown at this time.

All southbound lanes of I35E are closed in this area while crews clear up the scene.

It is best to avoid this area.

Photo: Brian Buchert

Emergency responders called to multi motorcycle and vehicle crash in Ennis

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Just after midnight this morning, multiple emergency responders from the Ennis Fire Department, Ellis County EMS (AMR), Ennis PD and Sheriffs all responded to a major accident involving multiple motorcycles and vehicles.

The crash occurred along the southbound lanes of I-45 just before Highway 287, per dispatched information.

Engine 192 and first-arriving police units reported at least two vehicles and two motorcycles involved with major damage.

A total of three (3) ambulances were requested to the scene for multiple patients. Two medical helicopters responded.

The Justice of the Peace was requested to the scene, indicating there was a fatality involved in this crash.

Southbound lanes of the highway were closed while emergency responders worked the scene. The lanes have since been reopened.

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