SH 288 crash at US 59 exit ramp early Saturday

A major crash at the SH 288 southbound exit ramp to US 59 sent one or more vehicles into the barrier early Saturday morning. The wreck happened at 2:11 AM, when traffic was light but still moving through the interchange.

Authorities responded to clear the scene. The early-morning timing kept the immediate backup brief, but this location doesn't need rush hour to generate incidents. According to LTA data, SH 288 at the US 59 exit ramp has logged 65 total incidents in the past 30 days—25 of them major crashes. Over 90 days, the corridor tallied 286 incidents, with 177 classified as major and 2 fatal.

Saturday is this location's busiest day for crashes. The LTA database shows 34 incidents recorded on Saturdays over the past 90 days at this interchange, more than any other day of the week. The single peak hour across all days is 2–3 PM, but crashes here fall throughout the day and night—the 2:11 AM timing is consistent with a corridor that doesn't follow typical commute patterns.

Looking at a wider view, TxDOT CRIS public crash records show 1,930 crashes within a quarter-mile of this location since January 2020, resulting in 2 fatalities. Contributing factors as recorded by investigating officers, per TxDOT CRIS, show "Failed To Control Speed" as the leading factor, cited in 707 crashes at the corridor. Hit-and-run incidents account for 11.6 percent of all crashes here.

Weather at the time of the early-morning wreck was clear—broken clouds and 77 degrees. The roadway was cleared and traffic flow restored. If you're traveling SH 288 through this interchange, conditions are back to normal as of the latest update.