A major motor vehicle incident shut down the intersection of Bertwood Street and Black Laura Koppe Road early Thursday morning, June 04, 2026, around 6:12 AM, snarling traffic as commuters headed into Harris County.
Responding officers worked to clear the scene. Overcast skies and 73-degree temperatures marked the morning, though weather wasn't a factor in the incident itself.
This intersection is seeing a troubling uptick in crashes. According to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data, Bertwood and Laura Koppe has logged 4 major incidents in the past 30 days alone—and Thursday is the most common day for crashes here, with 4 incidents recorded over the past 90 days. Expand the window to 90 days, and the count climbs to 18 total incidents, 12 of them major, including 2 fatalities. Over the past 12 months, the intersection has seen 23 total incidents—15 major and 2 fatal.
State crash records from the Texas Department of Transportation paint a broader picture. Since January 2020, the area within about a quarter-mile of this intersection has experienced 61 crashes. The most common officer-recorded contributing factor at this location is "Failed To Drive In Single Lane," cited in 12 crashes. Hit-and-runs account for 17.3% of all incidents here—22 of 127 vehicles involved simply left the scene.
The incident was cleared, and traffic returned to normal flow.
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