Fort Worth Car Wreck Kills Man

A Fort Worth man died early Friday after he was involved in a single-vehicle rollover wreck on the city's east side, according to reports.

Theodore English, 32, was identified by the Tarrant County medical examiner's office.

It was Fort Worth's 25th fatal wreck thus far in 2009, said Sgt. Rodney Bangs, supervisor of the traffic investigation unit.

Officers were called at 2:15 a.m. to the scene of the wreck in the westbound lanes of Interstate 30. The area just west of the intersection with Cooks Lane, Bangs said. English was traveling alone in a 2000 Jeep Cherokee, Bangs said.

"According to a witness, the Jeep was traveling very fast and then veered off the roadway and rolled in the grassy area north of the roadway," Bangs said. "It does not appear that the injured driver was wearing his seat belt."

Bangs added, however, that "there were no signs of alcohol involved in this accident."

English was taken to John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, Bangs said.

He died there at 6:50 a.m., according to the medical examiner's office.

"This is fatal wreck number 25 for the year," Bangs said. "However, we are still down 24 percent compared to this time last year."

There were 33 Fort Worth traffic fatalities as of June 25, 2008, Bangs said.