{"id":408643,"date":"2026-08-17T04:32:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T04:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/408643\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T04:32:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T04:32:38","slug":"jackknifed-semi-snarls-traffic-on-i-10-in-central-el-paso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/408643\/","title":{"rendered":"Jackknifed semi snarls traffic on I-10 in Central El Paso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">EL PASO, Texas (<a data-ylk=\"slk:KTSM;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">KTSM<\/a>) &#8212; A jackknifed semitruck is snarling traffic Sunday evening, Aug. 16 along Interstate 10 in Central El Paso.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"603\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/ktsm_articles_153\/ef188fa385545fb387fd4cfcf2212897.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Texas Department of Transportation says all lanes of westbound traffic are closed along I-10 at Paisano. The left two eastbound lanes were closed for several hours but reopened at about 9:30 p.m. Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Major backup is being reported going westbound. Clearing time is estimated to be until further notice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No backup is reported for eastbound traffic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A Fire Department spokesman said that one person was transported with minor injuries. Some diesel fuel has also been spilled, necessitating the lane closures, the fire official added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">We will update this story when we learn more more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) &#8212; A jackknifed semitruck is snarling traffic Sunday evening, Aug. 16 along Interstate 10&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408644,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[22820,44741,87277,138,140,139,7946,27,9237,58136],"class_list":["post-408643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-central-el-paso","tag-eastbound-lanes","tag-eastbound-traffic","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-interstate-10","tag-texas","tag-texas-department-of-transportation","tag-westbound-traffic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408643","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=408643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}