{"id":398068,"date":"2026-08-05T05:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T05:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/398068\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T05:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T05:38:09","slug":"houston-traffic-alert-portion-of-hardy-toll-road-southbound-reopened-following-double-18-wheeler-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/398068\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston traffic alert: Portion of Hardy Toll Road southbound reopened following double 18-wheeler crash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">HARRIS COUNTY, Texas &#8211; A portion of Hardy Toll Road southbound has reopened following a crash involving two 18-wheelers, officials said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   Hardy Toll Road crash: 2 18-wheelers involved in crash near South Hardy Toll Plaza <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The crash occurred on the Hardy Toll Road and South Hardy Toll Plaza.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">According to Harris County ESD 17, one of the vehicles involved rolled onto an active Union Pacific Railroad track.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1785908289_256_image-4.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">Photo from Houston Transtar <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">As a result, all lanes of travel on Hardy Toll Road southbound were shut down beginning at Aldine Bender. However, as of 10:45 p.m. Tuesday evening, all but the right lane and the right shoulder remain closed as officials continue working.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Officials did not say if there were any injuries in connection to the crash.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;With severe weather impacting road conditions, this serves as an important reminder to reduce your speed, increase your following distance, and drive according to conditions. Your patience and cooperation help keep everyone safe,&#8221; said Harris County ESD 17.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Harris County ESD 17<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/traffic\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Traffic<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/harris-county\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harris County<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/top-stories\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Top Stories<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HARRIS COUNTY, Texas &#8211; A portion of Hardy Toll Road southbound has reopened following a crash involving two&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":398069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[405,56,58,57,223,2053,272,216,393],"class_list":["post-398068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-harris-county","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-traffic","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398068","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=398068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}