{"id":406481,"date":"2026-08-14T13:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T13:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/406481\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T13:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T13:54:08","slug":"portion-of-i-35-access-road-closed-on-southwest-side-as-hazmat-crews-respond-to-18-wheeler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/406481\/","title":{"rendered":"Portion of I-35 access road closed on Southwest Side as hazmat crews respond to 18-wheeler"},"content":{"rendered":"

Northbound I-35 access road near New Laredo Highway is closed as of 7:50 a.m. Friday<\/p>\n

Hazmat crews investigate a parked 18-wheeler emitting a strong odor along the northbound I-35 access road near New Laredo Highway on the Southwest Side. (KSAT)<\/p>\n

SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Hazmat crews responded overnight to an 18-wheeler parked along the Interstate 35 access road on the Southwest Side.<\/p>\n

The northbound I-35 access road near New Laredo Highway is closed as of 7:50 a.m. Friday, according to the Texas Department of Transportation.<\/p>\n

Witnesses reported a strong odor coming from the truck\u2019s trailer.<\/p>\n

A private hazmat company, Lone Star Hazmat, was seen responding to the truck.<\/p>\n

Witnesses said the truck appeared to be a refrigerated trailer and may have been carrying beef.<\/p>\n

It was not immediately clear what caused the odor or how long the truck had been parked along the roadway.<\/p>\n

This story will be updated as more information becomes available. <\/p>\n

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Copyright 2026 by KSAT – All rights reserved.<\/p>\n

About the AuthorRebecca Salinas headshotRebecca Salinas<\/a><\/p>\n

Rebecca Salinas is an Executive Producer at KSAT 12 News. A San Antonio native, Rebecca is an award-winning journalist who joined KSAT in 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Northbound I-35 access road near New Laredo Highway is closed as of 7:50 a.m. Friday Hazmat crews investigate…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406482,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2417,82,84,83,15378,272],"class_list":["post-406481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-interstate-35","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-southwest-side","tag-traffic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406481","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=406481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}