Overview

• At around 5:15 p.m. Friday, coworkers called 911 after losing contact with two men performing routine checks inside an underground water tank on Aledo Road.
• Tarrant County deputies, Parker County emergency crews and a CareFlite helicopter team conducted a joint rescue operation at the scene.
• Responders found both workers unresponsive in the tank and they were later pronounced dead despite immediate medical attention.
• The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office has launched an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the entrapment and fatalities.
• Officials have not disclosed what caused the workers to become trapped or the precise cause of death as the investigation continues.