{"id":97881,"date":"2025-12-23T01:20:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T01:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/97881\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T01:20:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T01:20:08","slug":"el-pasoans-share-concerns-after-i-10-fiery-crash-that-took-down-highway-sign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/97881\/","title":{"rendered":"El Pasoans share concerns after I-10 fiery crash that took down highway sign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 El Pasoans and officials react to the dramatic crash on I-10 East at Geronimo in El Paso Sunday night that took down a highway sign and resulted in a vehicle bursting into flames. <\/p>\n<p>Dashcam footage shared by the popular social media account FitFam captured the moments leading up to the incident, showing a dark-colored truck passing traffic in the left lane before veering across lanes, hitting the guardrail, and knocking down the massive exit sign. <\/p>\n<p>The crash occurred just after 8 p.m. and left three individuals hospitalized, one with serious injuries, according to the El Paso Fire Department.<\/p>\n<p><p>Jordan Salas reports on El Pasoans concerns following dramatic fiery crash<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/news\/local\/vehicle-rollover-causes-fire-on-i-10-east-highway-sign-knocked-down-in-crash?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Vehicle rollover causes fire on I-10 east, highway sign knocked down in crash<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) announced plans to begin repairs on the damaged guardrail on Tuesday, with the right lane and off-ramp at Geronimo on I-10 closed from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. during the work. <\/p>\n<p>However, there is no timeline yet for replacing the damaged exit sign, though TxDOT is evaluating the need for temporary signage.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vehicle rollover causes fire on I-10 east, highway sign knocked down in crash (credit: Fitfam)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/e126b635-6d26-4cd9-ad42-27aba0151ec2-D590EB6EE1904748B6D6C291FBB67F4A.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Vehicle rollover causes fire on I-10 east, highway sign knocked down in crash (credit: Fitfam)<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/news\/local\/txdot-ramps-up-efforts-to-curb-holiday-drunk-driving-in-el-paso?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TxDOT ramps up efforts to curb holiday drunk driving in El Paso<\/a><\/p>\n<p>El Pasoans expressed concern over the dangerous driving behavior. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People need to start slowing down instead of speeding,&#8221; said Joshua. <\/p>\n<p>Cesar remarked, &#8220;You shouldn&#8217;t be driving like that for no reason. It&#8217;s not really worth it.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Angelina shared her fears, saying, &#8220;We have family here. It&#8217;s scary knowing that they take the freeway almost every day to work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>El Paso police are still working on the crash report, and further details will be provided as they become available.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vehicle rollover causes fire on I-10 east, highway sign knocked down in crash (credit: TxDOT)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/e1cd9b61-9d6c-4e27-97ac-7a6ffafe8cc5-guardrail.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Vehicle rollover causes fire on I-10 east, highway sign knocked down in crash (credit: TxDOT)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up<\/a> to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 El Pasoans and officials react to the dramatic crash on I-10 East at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97882,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-97881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97881","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=97881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}