Nearly 500 pounds of liquid meth worth $3 million found in minivan after deadly Fort Worth crash

Two men were found dead this week after a minivan carrying nearly 500 pounds of liquid meth — which authorities said had a street value of up to $3 million — crashed in a Texas neighborhood, prompting a federal drug probe and a hazmat response.

Cops and firefighters responded to the crash on Delga Street in Fort Wayne around 11:30 am Thursday and found the vehicle had slammed into a parked car before rolling into a nearby fence, CBS News reported. The vehicle allegedly contained 10 buckets of the addictive drug, authorities said.

The man in the passenger seat was already dead. First responders tried to save the driver with first aid, but he didn’t survive. Neither have been publicly identified.

A Fort Worth firefighter exposed to the liquid methamphetamine was in good condition as of Friday, after getting treated at a hospital and is expected to soon be released,  NBC-5 DFW reported.

The driver might have lost consciousness from exposure to toxic meth vapors before crashing, according to reports.

Investigators said the van was registered in Dallas and may have been part of a mobile meth lab operating between Dallas and Fort Worth. 

“You have hundreds of pounds of this liquid meth on the roadway. It’s making it unsafe. What if this vehicle would have crashed and rolled over? You know, there’s a lot of what ifs on this,” said Fort Worth police spokesman Buddy Calzada.

The crash narrowly avoided causing additional damage or injuries, he added.

“Lucky that this vehicle didn’t, you know, sideswipe [a] truck, and then end up into a house I mean what would have happened then?” said Calzada.