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Hundred-Car Pile-Up Stretching For 1.5 Miles Leaves At Least Six People Dead

Hundred-Car Pile-Up Stretching For 1.5 Miles Leaves At Least Six People Dead

The pile up took place in Fort Worth, Texas.

Rebecca Shepherd

Rebecca Shepherd

These pictures show the aftermath of an 100-car pile up on a Texas freeway that resulted in six deaths and left dozens more injured.

Firefighters have been frantically working on Interstate 35, near Fort Worth, trying to find people that need to be rescued, according to the MailOnline.

The crash happened at 6.30am on Thursday morning (11 February), it's unclear at the moment what started it, but a FedEx truck was seen losing control on a stretch of the freeway. Cars behind then started to smash into it.

According to ABC, there were 65 people that were either transported to local hospitals from the scene or turned up on their own accord after the incident - which is said to have happened during a winter storm that resulted in sleet and snow coming down.

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Fort Worth Office of Emergency Management sent a call out to anyone who believes they know someone involved in the crash to contact a family reunification hotline (1-817-546-7826).

Forth Worth Police Department Chief, Neil Noakes, said in a press conference: "Our thoughts, our prayers go out to everyone negatively affected by this tragic incident."

Chief Jim Davis from Fort Worth Fire Department added: "There were multiple people that were trapped within the confines of their vehicles and requiring the use of hydraulic rescue equipment to successfully extricate them."

Police Chief Noakes went on to add: "The scene we saw today is one really unlike one probably any of us have ever seen and one we pray to God we never see again."

According to reports, there were no children involved in the crash and MedStar set up services for people not needing immediate medical attention to go to and get checked over if they weren't hurt but were suffering from things such as hypothermia.

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Topics: News, US News