A hit-and-run crash at US-59 northbound near Edloe Street sent a driver fleeing the scene around 10:13 AM on Tuesday, July 28, leaving responding officers to manage the debris and disruption alone.
The crash landed hard on a corridor that's already seen significant traffic trouble. US-59 North at Edloe has recorded 43 incidents in the past 30 days according to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data—29 of them major crashes like this one. Over the past year, the intersection has logged 182 total incidents, including 97 major ones and 3 fatalities. The corridor is a genuine hot spot, and a hit-and-run adds another wrinkle to an already fractured safety record.
Authorities responded to secure the scene and document the damage. The hit-and-run itself is notable: at this same corridor, hit-and-runs account for 12.7% of all crashes over the past six years, per TxDOT CRIS public crash records. That's 234 hit-and-run incidents out of 1,844 total units involved in crashes here since January 2020—a rate well above random chance on a major freeway.
Tuesday is historically the busiest crash day at this location. LTA data shows 13 crashes here on Tuesdays over the past 90 days, making it the single highest-incident day of the week. Most crashes at US-59 North and Edloe, however, fall outside the traditional weekday commute peaks. The single busiest hour is 9 PM to 10 PM, when the location has logged 7 crashes in recent months. This morning's 10:13 AM incident hits earlier than the corridor's typical danger window.
Weather was clear and mild at the time—89 degrees under blue skies—so conditions weren't a factor here. Contributing factors as recorded by investigating officers, per TxDOT CRIS, show "Failed To Control Speed" as the leading recorded cause at this corridor, cited in 299 crashes over the past six years.
The incident was cleared, and lanes reopened to traffic. If you're heading north on US-59 near Edloe over the next few hours, expect residual slowdowns as crews finish their work and traffic flow normalizes. The hit-and-run suspect remains at large.
This report was produced by LTA's editor-designed production system under the executive editorial direction of Dennis R. Mundy, Executive Editor. The system combines our proprietary data pipeline with AI-assisted drafting to deliver verified incident coverage to LTA's editorial standards.