{"id":307361,"date":"2026-05-24T22:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T22:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/307361\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T22:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T22:18:09","slug":"overnight-multi-vehicle-crash-on-i-30-in-arlington-kills-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/307361\/","title":{"rendered":"Overnight multi-vehicle crash on I-30 in Arlington kills 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_arlington_PD_car_day_5_1_5FO23H9C_L857284210.JPG\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"A fatal multi-vehicle crash shut down the westbound lanes of Interstate 30 near Fielder Road and Cooper Street in Arlington for several hours Saturday morning, May 23, officials say.\" alt=\"A fatal multi-vehicle crash shut down the westbound lanes of Interstate 30 near Fielder Road and Cooper Street in Arlington for several hours Saturday morning, May 23, officials say.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        A fatal multi-vehicle crash shut down the westbound lanes of Interstate 30 near Fielder Road and Cooper Street in Arlington for several hours Saturday morning, May 23, officials say.<\/p>\n<p>            Courtesy: Fort Worth Star-Telegram archives<\/p>\n<p>One person was killed and two others injured in a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 30 early Saturday, Arlington police said.<\/p>\n<p>Officers responded to the westbound lanes of I-30 between Cooper Street and Fielder Road about 3:45 a.m. Investigators said a speeding Dodge Avenger rear-ended a white sedan, causing the sedan to hit an unoccupied vehicle parked on the shoulder of the road.<\/p>\n<p>The Avenger was disabled in the crash and was struck by an 18-wheeler that wasn\u2019t able to stop in time, according to police. The Avenger\u2019s passenger was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The Avenger\u2019s driver and the driver of the white sedan were also injured and were taken to hospitals for treatment. The driver of the 18-wheeler was not injured, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Intoxication may have contributed to the crash, according to police. The accident is under investigation. The westbound lanes of I-30 were closed for several hours while officials cleared the roadway.<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/tcbpm.appianportalsgov.com\/mepublicportal\">Tarrant County Medical Examiner<\/a> will identify the person who died pending notification of next of kin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published May 23, 2026 at 11:50 AM.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/262053942\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779530170_818_Headshot.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Harriet Ramos\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/262053942\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harriet Ramos<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Harriet Ramos covers crime and other breaking news for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A fatal multi-vehicle crash shut down the westbound lanes of Interstate 30 near Fielder Road and Cooper Street&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":307362,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":["post-307361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307361","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=307361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}