{"id":312780,"date":"2026-05-28T19:19:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T19:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/312780\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T19:19:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T19:19:26","slug":"family-mourns-fort-worth-dad-killed-in-rollover-crash-on-west-loop-820","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/312780\/","title":{"rendered":"Family mourns Fort Worth dad killed in rollover crash on West Loop 820"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A 46-year-old Fort Worth father killed in a rollover crash on West Loop 820 earlier this month is remembered by family as \u201csocial soul with an open heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Edwin Christopher Ferguson was identified as the driver killed in a rollover crash on West Loop 820 at White Settlement Road on May 11, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/tcbpm.appianportalsgov.com\/mepublicportal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Tarrant County Medical Examiner\u2019s;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Tarrant County Medical Examiner\u2019s&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Tarrant County Medical Examiner\u2019s<\/a> website. Ferguson died from blunt force injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">All southbound lanes of West Loop 820 near White Settlement Road were closed for several hours after the crash was reported, according to police and the Texas Department of Transportation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When officers arrived, they found that a vehicle hit a bridge pillar and rolled over, Fort Worth police have said. Ferguson was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Devoted father, husband and co-worker<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">An obituary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biggersfh.com\/obituaries\/Edwin-Christopher-Ferguson?obId=48442274\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:described Ferguson, also known;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;described Ferguson, also known&quot;}\" class=\"link \">described Ferguson, also known<\/a> as DJ, as someone who \u201clived a life grounded in faith, purpose, and gratitude.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ferguson, who worked at Hiley GMC in Fort Worth, strived to be \u201cthe best salesman, husband, father, and friend he could be,\u201d according to the obituary. His passion for sales helped him earn recognition among the top salesmen in Texas, the post read.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">To provide his time and heart to the community he cared about, Ferguson volunteered as a coach and mentor with the Eagle Mountain Saginaw Thunder Special Olympics Team, the obituary read.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ferguson was also described as someone with a \u201cvibrant\u201d personality and had many hobbies including \u201cdrawing, collecting comic books, and immersing himself in the worlds of superheroes and anime\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\ud83d\udea8 More breaking news:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u25fd\ufe0f Sign up for Star-Telegram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/newsletters?newsletter=fortworth_breaking_newsletter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:news alerts;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;news alerts&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> news alerts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cDJ never met a stranger. Whether coworker or customer, he considered everyone a friend. Once he sold you a car, you became part of his story connected on social media and in life,\u201d the post read. \u201cKnown for his signature phrase, \u2018I make it do what it don\u2019t,\u2019 often followed by his cheerful hum, \u2018Do Ta Do,\u2019 DJ always found a way to get things done.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 46-year-old Fort Worth father killed in a rollover crash on West Loop 820 earlier this month is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312781,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[106923,116,118,117,3737,332,43634,9237,105912],"class_list":["post-312780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-christopher-ferguson","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-fort-worth-police","tag-rollover-crash","tag-tarrant-county-medical-examiner","tag-texas-department-of-transportation","tag-west-loop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}