{"id":382387,"date":"2026-07-22T13:19:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T13:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/382387\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T13:19:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T13:19:14","slug":"person-dies-after-vehicle-hits-tollway-plaza-catches-on-fire-on-west-beltway-northbound-pct-5-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/382387\/","title":{"rendered":"Person dies after vehicle hits tollway plaza, catches on fire on West Beltway northbound, Pct. 5 says"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"KTRK<\/p>\n

Wednesday, July 22, 2026 11:36AM<\/p>\n

\"ABC13<\/p>\n

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — One person has died after crashing into a tollway plaza on the West Beltway overnight, according to deputies.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson with the Harris County Precinct 5 Constable’s Office told ABC13 the single-car crash was reported late Tuesday night on the West Sam Houston Tollway northbound at Central Plaza, which is before Highway 290.<\/p>\n

Investigators said the vehicle hit the tollway plaza and caught on fire, killing the only person inside.<\/p>\n

Pct. 5 said it’s unknown if speed played a role in the crash at this time.<\/p>\n

The wreck led to several lane closures throughout the morning, but cleanup remains underway.<\/p>\n

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Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wednesday, July 22, 2026 11:36AM HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — One person has died after crashing into a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":382388,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[134974,56,58,57,5206],"class_list":["post-382387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-134974","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-timely"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382387","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=382387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}