A traffic hazard was reported on a residential street in Precinct 3 Saturday during off-peak hours, with scattered cloud cover and visibility at 6.2 miles. Temperature was 87 degrees.
This residential corridor has logged 25 incidents over the past 30 days, marking it as an extreme-heat location. Tuesdays see the highest activity at this location, with 13 incidents recorded, while the 1 PM-2 PM window typically generates peak volume at 8 incidents.
**LTA Newsroom**
**Update (8:35 PM CT):** The major crash at ROMEA ST, first reported at 12:31 PM, has cleared after more than 8 hours. All lanes have reopened and normal traffic flow has resumed in the area.
In the month preceding this crash, 21 incidents had been documented here.
In the 55 days that followed, 45 more crashes occurred at this location. 21 have been logged as major collisions.
The pace has stayed about the same at this location since.
Several of the incidents hit within days of one another.
Combined, those incidents make this one of the highest-volume crash locations in the area.
Last incident at this location recorded July 09, 2026.
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