Law enforcement leaders announced that Texas Highway Patrol troopers will now permanently be stationed in Tarrant County. The move comes as Tarrant County is expected to see a 14% increase in fatal accidents in 2025.

"It used to be a road that has got me places, and now it's a road that takes me back," Daquirie Thanphirom said.

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Along the busy and bending Boat Club Road in Fort Worth is a cross for Thanphirom’s little brother. It stands as a symbol of how fast things can take a turn for drivers.

"I'll never get my mother's scream out of my head. I'll never get my father just looking completely blank, and hearing my two siblings cry," Thanphirom said.

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