Rep. Romero Takes Aim At Private Toll Road Where Deadly Ice Storm Pileup Occurred

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Texas State Rep. Ramon Romero, Jr. is asking tough questions after the deadly pileup on Interstate-35W in Fort Worth that happened early Thursday morning. He’s also pursuing legislation to prevent it from happening again, reports ArkLaTexHomepage.com.

Around 100 vehicles were involved in the deadly pileup that killed at least six people, and trapped and injured dozens in the multiple collisions around 6:30 a.m. Thursday morning.

Rep. Romero, Jr. represents District 90, which covers much of the Fort Worth area, says he’s pursuing an investigation into exactly how the pileup occurred in the first place, if weather warnings were clearly issued beforehand.

Romero tweeted that the private toll road should have been salted prior to the storm.

"I don’t believe that @fortworthpd should be held responsible for the maintenance of the roads. This is the matter that maybe wasn’t as clear in the press conference... private toll road with private road maintenance responsibilities"

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