An injury accident brought State Highway 249 in Hollister to a standstill at 6:49 PM on Sunday, October 25, 2026. Responding officers arrived to find entrapment at the scene.
State Highway 249 has seen four incidents in the past 30 days, according to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data. Over the past 12 months, the corridor has recorded 258 total incidents, 194 of them major crashes—a pattern that underscores the frequency of serious collisions in this area.
Per TxDOT CRIS public crash records, contributing factors as recorded by the investigating officer show "Failed To Control Speed" as the leading factor, cited in 125 crashes at this corridor since January 2020. That same span shows 391 total crashes within approximately a quarter-mile of this location.
Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through October 26, 2026.
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