{"id":341301,"date":"2026-06-18T13:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/341301\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T13:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:08:10","slug":"part-of-i-20-in-arlington-closed-after-fatal-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/341301\/","title":{"rendered":"Part of I-20 in Arlington closed after fatal crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781788088_388_breakingphoto.png\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"A fatal crash involving a pedestrian shut down Interstate 20 at Cooper Street in Arlington early Thursday, June 18, officials say.\" alt=\"A fatal crash involving a pedestrian shut down Interstate 20 at Cooper Street in Arlington early Thursday, June 18, officials say.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        A fatal crash involving a pedestrian shut down Interstate 20 at Cooper Street in Arlington early Thursday, June 18, officials say.<\/p>\n<p>Part of Interstate 20 in Arlington is shut down Thursday morning due to a fatal crash, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>All westbound lanes are closed at Cooper Street, the Texas Department of Transportation posted on social media at 4:45 a.m. Drivers are encouraged to look for another route.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I-20 in Arlington: all WB lanes closed at Cooper St due to vehicle incident. Expect delays. Seek alternate route.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 @txdotfortworth (@TxDOTFortWorth) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TxDOTFortWorth\/status\/2067544252217778439?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 18, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The fatal crash <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/article\/news\/local\/all-westbound-lanes-closed-at-i-20-and-cooper-street-as-police-investigate-a-crash\/287-2f028ec2-8aaa-42ae-9003-1b5490825515\">involved a pedestrian<\/a>, police at the scene told Star-Telegram media partner WFAA-TV.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear how long the highway will remain closed.<\/p>\n<p>   This is a developing story. Check back for updates. <\/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\/06\/1781392153_744_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 crash involving a pedestrian shut down Interstate 20 at Cooper Street in Arlington early Thursday, June&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":["post-341301","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\/341301","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=341301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}