Witness recalls seeing fatal accident

Early Sunday evening on Jan. 1, a man was killed in a fatal accident near the FM 1187 exit off of Interstate 20 near Aledo. He was apparently trying to cross the interstate on foot.

While Fort Worth police, who were handling the situation, had yet to release a report to the public at press time, Aledo resident Brian Ray and his brother Justin, witnessed the event and Brian told The Community News details of the tragic accident.

Brian said he and Justin had turned onto I-20 heading east to get something to eat near Camp Bowie. They weren't on the highway long when the accident occurred.

"We merged onto the highway and were going about 75. We were in the right lane at this time. About 25 seconds after merging on the highway, my brother Justin, noticed the man crossing the road from right to left," Brian recalled. "The lady who struck the man with her car, a white Hyundai Elantra, was in the middle lane approximately 150 feet in front of us. She apparently didn't see the man crossing and struck him with the front left side of her car.

"I saw the man fly into the air a good 10 feet then hit the pavement on the far left lane, almost into the median."

Brian said the lady in the Hyundai immediately stopped and they stopped behind her. Justin got out to see if he could help and Brian quickly got on the phone and called 911.

"The lady was in emotional distress and was in disbelief that she, in fact, hit a person," Brian said. "After getting off the phone with 911, I proceeded to the pedestrian who was hit to see if there was any sign of life. There was not. He must have passed away immediately on impact.

"His, I believe, left leg was severed a little above the knee and was about 30 yards away from the body. We waited for the police and the ambulance to arrive on scene and gave our statements."

Efforts to gather more information from the Fort Worth Police Department were unsuccessful.