Fort Worth, TX — October 27, 2025, two people were killed following a semi-truck accident around 8:15 p.m. along Interstate 35W.

According to preliminary statements, the accident happened in the area of Allen Avenue.

Investigators said that a vehicle was going along the South Freeway at the time when, for reasons unclear, it crashed into the back of a parked semi-truck. Due to this, two people from the vehicle that hit the truck were killed.

There were no other reported injuries. At this time, additional details about the accident remain under investigation.

Commentary

People sometimes read that a vehicle was "parked" and just assume that automatically puts the moving vehicle in the wrong. However, it's important to know where the truck was parked, how visible it was, and why it was there. Let me give an example of why that's so important.

Not long ago, we had a case involving a "parked" truck. What that actually meant was that the truck was broken down on the highway as the result of months of neglected maintenance. Not only that, but the truck driver never put out warning cones or flares, which is not just irresponsible but actually a violation of federal regulations. So rather than the collision just involving a "parked" truck, it involved a semi that needlessly broke down and obstructed traffic for completely avoidable reasons, resulting in a serious crash.

I'm not saying that happened here—it's far too early to tell. But that's my point. Right now, there isn't enough evidence to say what exactly went wrong. That's going to be up to more thorough investigations, and my hope is those investigations are thorough enough to consider both why the vehicle struck the semi and why the semi was stopped on the freeway in the first place.