2 of 6 killed in crash had exited cars

Two of the six people killed in a massive crash involving about 130 vehicles on an icy Texas interstate in February were fatally struck after getting out of their vehicles, a federal agency reported Wednesday.

The National Transportation Safety Board said in its preliminary report that the Feb. 11 crash in Fort Worth involving vehicles, trucks and semitrailers covered a 1,100 foot (335 meter) stretch of Interstate 35.

The NTSB said the wreck happened at about 6 a.m. in the southbound toll lanes, which had a speed limit of 75 miles per hour. Concrete barriers separated the southbound toll lanes from the northbound toll lanes and from the southbound general-use lanes.