Harvey Evacuees Hit I-45 Headed For North Texas
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As hurricane Harvey makes a beeline for the Texas coast, many people in the storm's path are heeding warnings to get out or at least get to higher ground.
Three people are dead following a head-on crash along Interstate 45 in Navarro County.
An 18-wheeler carrying a load of pigs crashed during rush hour early Thursday morning on Interstate 45, closing the roadway in both directions.
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Dallas Police said one person died in a crash involving two 18-wheelers and a pickup truck.
Authorities from several agencies were involved in a standoff Tuesday with an armed suspect in Navarro County. The scene unfolded along Interstate-45 and backed up traffic in both directions.
Two vehicles collided on the southbound side of the highway but at least one was propelled into the northbound lane where the fatality accident occurred, according to TxDOT.
A car apparently rammed into the back of a big rig. The driver of the car died at the scene.
Rebecca Read and three friends were headed south on I-45 around 9:45 a.m. when the DPS says their Jeep drifted off the highway.
Early Monday morning, the Navarro County office of Emergency Management closed an 8 mile section of Interstate-45 due to flooding in the roadway.
Frightening moments for drivers on westbound Interstate-30 in Dallas after someone began throwing large rocks off of the I-45 overpass, down onto the highway.
The crash involved two vehicles, including a big rig, and responders couldn't find the driver of the big rig at first.
TxDOT has agreed to place "no trespassing" signs on the property beneath Interstate 45 by downtown Dallas.
Flooding is making it difficult for drivers to find alternate routes.
If you've traveled along I-45 north or southbound, near downtown Dallas, you know it's a bustling stretch of road in the daytime...and an almost blinding stretch, in places, at night.
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None of the six children riding in a vehicle that was struck by a wrong-way driver on Interstate-45 on Monday were wearing seatbelts or restrained in child safety seats.
Two people have been killed in a deadly wrong-way crash on Interstate-45, in Freestone County. The initial wrong-way crash caused a chain reaction.
Storms claimed the life of at least one person in Navarro County on Sunday. Heavy rain led to flash flooding in the Corsicana area, and the victim's vehicle became stuck when a creek overflowed onto the nearby roadway.
Traffic was slowed to a crawl in Hutchins early Friday morning after a big rig crash resulted in a fuel spill in the northbound lanes of Interstate-45 near Dowdy Ferry Road.
Crew were finishing up clearing out the mess that's had part of I-45 shut down for more than 24 hours Tuesday night.
Nearly 24 hours after the driver of a big rig lost control on an icy interstate, the 18-wheeler's cab is no longer hanging off a bridge near I-45 and Stuart Simpson Road.
A big rig is still stuck along Interstate-45 in the southwest Oak Cliff portion of Dallas, a day after it nearly slid off of the highway entirely due to icy weather.
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