Overview
- A man was struck and killed after stepping out of his vehicle to inspect a minor crash on the southbound South Freeway near East Ripy Street early Sunday morning.
- The vehicle that hit the pedestrian left the scene but its driver was later located and detained by police.
- A separate, unrelated minor crash occurred directly behind the freeway incident and sent occupants to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
- Around 4:30 a.m. the same morning, a wrong-way crash on State Highway 121 near Sylvania Avenue left one driver dead at the scene and another hospitalized with an unreported condition.
- The Fort Worth Police Department is continuing investigations, has not released names, and the Traffic Investigation Unit will provide more details after next-of-kin notification and further work.