{"id":459831,"date":"2026-10-08T06:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T06:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/459831\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T06:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T06:02:09","slug":"13-alert-traffic-deadly-crash-causes-backup-on-north-freeway-at-sh-242-near-the-woodlands-conroe-pd-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/459831\/","title":{"rendered":"13 Alert Traffic: Deadly crash causes backup on North Freeway at SH-242 near The Woodlands, Conroe PD says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; A fatal crash involving a big rig forced several lanes to close on the North Freeway in The Woodlands on Wednesday afternoon, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">According to Houston TranStar, the crash involving a heavy truck shut down the right shoulder and three lanes of northbound I-45. TranStar showed the crash was cleared hours later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Conroe Police Department confirmed the crash killed one person, but did not provide further details. Authorities did not immediately identify the cause of the crash, how the victim died, or their identity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">TranStar cameras showed traffic backing up as the afternoon commute was underway.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"SkyEye13 covered the deadly crash investigation after Conroe PD said an accident involving an 18-wheeler occurred on northbound I-45.\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR zFTjo hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/19918856_100726-ktrk-TN-45-deadly-crash-skyeye13-img.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>SkyEye13 covered the deadly crash investigation after Conroe PD said an accident involving an 18-wheeler occurred on northbound I-45.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Getting around Houston can sometimes be challenging, especially when severe weather, construction, or traffic accidents cause road closures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">ABC13 has real-time traffic data to help you navigate Houston&#8217;s roads and avoid traffic delays.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Sign up for traffic alerts sent straight to your phone through our ABC13 app. Manage your notifications from the settings tab.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">On mobile, use two fingers to zoom in to specific roads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/traffic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Live traffic map<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; A fatal crash involving a big rig forced several lanes to close on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[157297,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-459831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-157297","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459831","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=459831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}