{"id":256809,"date":"2026-04-19T12:29:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T12:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/256809\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T12:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T12:29:09","slug":"one-lane-closed-on-i-35-in-downtown-austin-after-serious-crash-near-bridge-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/256809\/","title":{"rendered":"One lane closed on I-35 in downtown Austin after serious crash near bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, TX \u2014 A serious injury collision shut down some of northbound I-35 in downtown Austin early Sunday morning, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>The crash occurred around 5:30 a.m. between Riverside Drive and Cesar Chavez Street. Officers initially reduced the roadway to one lane; as of 6:50 a.m., two lanes are open, with the right lane still closed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/police-close-sh-45-eb-exit-and-nearby-lanes-after-rollover-crash-in-round-rock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ALSO | Police close SH 45 EB exit and nearby lanes after rollover crash in Round Rock<\/a><\/p>\n<p>APD says that the crash was a single-vehicle collision, and that the passenger was ejected from the vehicle. That person was taken to a trauma facility; the status of that patient is currently unknown. Police say they are unsure if intoxication was a factor in the crash.<\/p>\n<p>Austin police are investigating the crash; they said that they are waiting on hearing on the victim&#8217;s status from the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Texas Department of Transportation, the left lane remains open. Drivers are being asked to seek alternate routes.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>CBS Austin has reached out to Austin-Travis County EMS for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, TX \u2014 A serious injury collision shut down some of northbound I-35 in downtown Austin early Sunday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256766,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":{"0":"post-256809","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-austin","9":"tag-austin-headlines","10":"tag-austin-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}