{"id":314662,"date":"2026-05-29T23:11:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T23:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/314662\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T23:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T23:11:11","slug":"multi-vehicle-crash-causes-traffic-backup-on-eb-katy-freeway-at-tc-jester-boulevard-houston-transtar-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/314662\/","title":{"rendered":"Multi-vehicle crash causes traffic backup on EB Katy Freeway at TC Jester Boulevard, Houston TranStar shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KTRK logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/origin-ktrk.png\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"ABC13 Houston 24\/7 Live Stream\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; Traffic was snarled on the eastbound Katy Freeway on Friday afternoon after a crash involving multiple vehicles shut down at least three lanes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">According to Houston TranStar, five vehicles were involved in the crash. TranStar also showed two center lanes, the right lane, and the shoulder closed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Images captured by a member of the Eyewitness News team showed the airbags deployed and the front end of a sedan mangled as crews worked the scene.\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR zFTjo hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/19194894_052926-ktrk-TN-katy-fwy-multi-crash-airbag-img.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Images captured by a member of the Eyewitness News team showed the airbags deployed and the front end of a sedan mangled as crews worked the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Noah Key<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Images showed emergency crews working the scene that snarled traffic on the eastbound Katy Freeway.\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR zFTjo hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/19194866_052926-ktrk-TN-katy-fwy-multi-crash-img.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Images showed emergency crews working the scene that snarled traffic on the eastbound Katy Freeway.<\/p>\n<p>Noah Key<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">ABC13 has real-time traffic data to help you navigate Houston&#8217;s roads and avoid traffic delays.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Sign up for traffic alerts sent straight to your phone through our ABC13 app. Manage your notifications from the settings tab.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">On mobile, use two fingers to zoom in to specific roads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/traffic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Live traffic map<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; Traffic was snarled on the eastbound Katy Freeway on Friday afternoon after a crash&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314663,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[113192,56,58,57,1925,5206],"class_list":["post-314662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-113192","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-no-ta","tag-timely"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314662","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=314662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}