{"id":354910,"date":"2026-06-29T22:13:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T22:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/354910\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T22:13:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T22:13:12","slug":"deadly-18-wheeler-crash-closes-major-texas-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/354910\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadly 18-wheeler crash closes major Texas highway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All lanes of a major highway in Central Texas have been closed due to a deadly crash that sent an 18-wheeler off an overpass. The Texas Department of Transportation\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TxDOTAustin\/status\/2071654199490756718?s=20\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">issued a traffic alert<\/a> on Monday, June 29 for southbound lanes on State Highway 130 at University Boulevard in Round Rock, north of Austin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Texas Department of Public Safety said at approximately 12:51 p.m., state troopers alongside other law enforcement agencies, responded to a two-vehicle deadly crash at the intersection of Chandler Road and State Highway 130 frontage road in Williamson County. Preliminary investigation indicates an Audi SUV attempted to turn left and struck a semi-truck with a trailer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The semi-truck then left the overpass and landed onto the main lanes of southbound SH-130, according to DPS. The semi-truck driver was pronounced deceased at the scene, while the Audi SUV had the driver and two child passengers inside.<\/p>\n<p>All three were transported to an area hospital to be evaluated for possible injuries. The southbound main lanes of SH-130 remain closed while troopers investigate the crash, and crews work to clear the scene. Drivers are encouraged to seek alternate routes and expect significant delays.<\/p>\n<p>The Round Rock Police Department <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/roundrockpolice\/status\/2071654130565681392\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">said <\/a>it&#8217;s assisting the Williamson County Sheriff\u2019s Office and the Texas Department of Public Safety with a crash at SH 130 and University Boulevard involving an 18-wheeler that went over the side of the overpass. Round Rock Police reported the incident at 12:56 p.m. on Monday, but traffic at the site still appears to be backed up hours later.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Traffic tracking website, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sigalert.com\/map.asp?lat=30.58797&amp;lon=-97.67654&amp;z=0\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">SigAlert<\/a>, says TX-130-TOLL south between University\u00a0Blvd.\/Exit 419 and US-79\/Exit 423, is currently backed up to Patriot Way as of 3:34 p.m. Monday. SigAlert is reporting high congestion with stopped traffic and delays up to 30 minutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The site suggested drivers can use an alternate route on Highway 29 in Round Rock. RRPD said eastbound traffic is currently being diverted to southbound County Road 110.<\/p>\n<p>MySA reached out to the Round Rock Police Department for more information. The crash remains under investigation.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All lanes of a major highway in Central Texas have been closed due to a deadly crash that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":354911,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,820,59494],"class_list":["post-354910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-mysastaff","tag-mysatranspo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354910","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=354910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/354911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}