A crash occurred on a major freeway corridor serving Precinct 6 during Friday rush hour. The incident happened under clear skies with visibility at 6.2 miles and temperatures at 85 degrees.
This freeway corridor has logged 37 crashes over the past 30 days, placing it in an extreme crash zone. The 4 PM-5 PM window is the corridor's peak incident hour, averaging 9 crashes during that period. Mondays see the highest daily count at 17 incidents on this route.
**LTA Newsroom**
**Update (12:45 AM CT):** The major crash at 1303 WACO ST @ 4399 EAST FWY IB, first reported at 4:43 PM, has cleared after more than 8 hours. All lanes have reopened and normal traffic flow has resumed in the area.
The month leading up to this incident brought 35 crashes to this location.
Since then, the location has recorded 15 additional crashes. 7 of those crashes reached major severity.
The location has seen fewer crashes per week since this incident.
Multiple crashes piled up over consecutive days.
Combined, those incidents make this one of the highest-volume crash locations in the area.
Through May 29, 2026.
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