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 30 days before this crash, 21 incidents had already been recorded at this location.
The 14 weeks since this incident have brought 66 more crashes here. Of the crashes since, 33 were classified as major.
Incidents have arrived less frequently at this location since.
Three of those crashes fell within a single week.
The aggregate count puts this location in the most active tier of county crash sites.
Updated through August 15, 2026.
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