The family of a woman killed in the 2021 winter storm I-35W pile-up settles with the tollway operator after her fatal crash.
FORT WORTH, Texas — The family of a woman killed in the February 2021, 133-car pileup on I-35W in Fort Worth reached a settlement with the tollway operator, their lawyer announced.
Tiffany Gerred died when her vehicle was crushed by an 18-wheeler in a pile-up crash during the 2021 ice storm, the release states. The confidential settlement was reached between Gerred’s family and Cintra US, the parent company of North Texas Express tollway and related parties, according to a press release from Jason Stephens of Stephens Law Firm.
The settlement clears the way for a July 21 trial involving FedEx Corp and other defendants over claims that the defendant’s actions placed an untrained driver behind the wheel of an unauthorized 18-wheeler, the release states.
“The Gerred family and I are very pleased to have resolved this part of the case,” Stephens said.
“The details of the settlement agreement are confidential, but we can confirm that NTE Mobility Partners Segments 3 LLC has reached an agreement to resolve the claims asserted by the family of Tiffany Gerred,” NTX Express TEXpress said in a statement. “We continue to keep the Gerred family in our thoughts and prayers.”
Six people were killed and dozens were injured in the pileup, WFAA previously reported.
The crash stretched about 1,100 feet and involved commercial and passenger vehicles, according to a report from the National Transportation Safety Board released in 2023. Prior to the crash, the report states, the area had received 36 consecutive hours of below-freezing temperatures. The weather station at Fort Worth Meacham International Airport, located about three miles northwest of the crash site, had reported light freezing rain and freezing mist about four hours before the crash, the report stated.
Read the full report here.
