Two people died after crashing their van in Texas, but strong fumes from inside exposed a $3 million secret

We have been coming across quite a lot of headlines lately where the alleged criminals are crashing their vehicles into parked ones. Following an incident where a car involved in a police chase crashed into a stationary car and claimed the lives of a pregnant woman and her boyfriend, we have another one. Here, a van in Texas with two passengers crashed into a parked car, with both of them losing their lives. Luckily, there weren’t any passengers in the other vehicle.

When the investigators checked the vehicles, they suspected strong fumes. According to the People, when they looked into it, the authorities discovered nearly 500 LBs of liquid meth stored in 10 plastic buckets. That’s quite an amount and is estimated to be worth around $3 million. As per the media release on the Fort Worth Police Department (FWPD) on Facebook, both the police and the fire department responded to the incident and provided their attention to the vehicle.

It looks like the substance was identified by the fire department as FWPD said, “During the investigation of the accident, Fort Worth Fire discovered a large amount of an unknown chemical inside the vehicle.” The area of the incident was then secured with narcotics also called to the scene. The police then said they found “ten white plastic buckets full of liquid”, which was then identified as meth.

The meth exposure also affected a firefighter

As the fire department was the one which seems to discover the substance first, a firefighter also got affected by its exposure. Per the FWPD, the fumes were “very strong”, which impacted a Fort Worth firefighter who was then taken to the hospital immediately. Luckily, the police said the firefighter was “in good condition” and may have been released on the same day when this incident took place.

Coming back to the passengers, the names have not been released. According to the spokesperson of FWPD, the Tarrant County Medical Examiner will not only release their identities but also the reason for their death soon. Anyone who is reading, the idea of this substance being held inside a car that has been involved in a crash sounds really odd and lethal.

Well, your concern is valid. This is because methamphetamine, which a trafficker in Kentucky placed in festive packaging, has a low flash point and can ignite when exposed to heat, sparks, or open flames, as it’s an organic compound with hydrocarbon-like properties. In a car crash? Well, this could have been worse.

FWPD spokesperson Buddy Calzada shared the same concern with NBC DFW. He said, “What if this vehicle had crashed and rolled over? You know, there’s a lot of what ifs on this,” Buddy then mentioned, “Lucky that this vehicle didn’t, you know, sideswipe that [initial vehicle], and then end up into a house. I mean, what would have happened then?”

His concern makes total sense if we compare it with the science behind the substance’s flammability. As of yet, further investigation is being carried out with all eyes on what exactly happened and what the actual motive was.