EL PASO, Texas — An 18-wheeler caught fire forcing the complete shutdown of a portion of U.S. Route 54 in northeast El Paso on Tuesday afternoon and injuring three people. The fire was reported following a collision between the semi-truck and a car around 2 p.m. at Gateway North Boulevard (U.S. 54) and Diana Drive.
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UPDATE, July 20: Authorities said two El Paso police officers were among four people injured in a late night traffic crash involving two vehicles on North Loop in the Lower Valley. Officials on Tuesday said also said the driver of the other vehicle that collided with the police cruiser would face charges stemming from the
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EL PASO, Texas — As east El Paso residents on Monday assessed the damage from Sunday’s powerful storms, city transportation officials said some several streets remained flooded and impassable. City of El Paso Streets and Maintenance Department crews were pumping water from a number of flooded roadways and removing debris that washed up onto streets.
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EL PASO, Texas — A crash involving two semi-trucks, one of which flipped on its side, led to the shutdown of Walter Jones at Spur 601 in both directions. Authorities estimated it would be about 2 p.m. before the area would be reopened to traffic; crews were working to get the overturned truck upright and
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DEMING, New Mexico — A stretch of Interstate 10 in Luna County in southern New Mexico is now a memorial corridor honoring a New Mexico State Police officer gunned down by a drug trafficking suspect on Feb. 4. The State Transportation Commission voted unanimously this past week to approve the 18-mile memorial for Officer Darian Jarrott. “That
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(Editor’s note: Use the scroller in the module above to view video and photos of the storm impacts.) EL PASO, Texas — Thunderstorms with torrential rains moved through El Paso Sunday afternoon, triggering flash flooding on city streets that overwhelmed cars and required water rescue efforts in some cases. Other storm damage included downed trees and
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EL PASO, Texas — Two people were injured, one of them severely, early Sunday after their car rear-ended a police vehicle and then overturned along a busy west El Paso street. The crash happened in the 3800 block of N. Mesa Street around 2 a.m. Authorities indicated the officer in the police unit wasn’t injured,
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SIERRA BLANCA, Texas — A Hudspeth County woman was killed and an El Paso County truck driver injured in a crash along a frontage road to Interstate 10, state troopers said. That collision involving a semi-truck and SUV happened Friday on the frontage road to I-10 at milepost 104, whcih is three miles west of
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CHAPARRAL, New Mexico — An 18-wheeler crash knocked out an electrical line near Chaparral late Friday night, triggering a power outage impacting several hundred. The crash happened on State Line Road and Calle De Norte involving a semi-truck that was reportedly carrying cows. There was no immediate word on a cause for the crash or
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EL PASO, Texas — It’s been nearly two years since the Border West Expressway opened. Despite there being toll gantries up, it’s still a toll free road. But the question remains: Will there or will there not be toll lanes in the Sun City? El Pasoan Kay Gamboa is among those concerned about the added expense for
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EL PASO, Texas – Interstate 10 running through central El Paso was shut down in both directions Thursday night to allow utility crews to make repairs after a semi-truck crashed into an electric pole and brought down electric wires near the freeway. That crash occurred on Stevens Street at Gateway Boulevard East during the afternoon. El
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EL PASO, Texas — A motorcyclist was hurt in a crash along U.S. Route 54 and Montana Avenue Thursday evening that was contributing to a significant traffic backup with vehicles headed to Juarez. It happened about 5:10 p.m. along southbound US 54 at the Montana exit. First-responders said one crash victim was taken to the
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EL PASO, Texas — A rollover vehicle crash, the second of the day in El Paso, impacted traffic along a portion of Loop 375 on Wednesday afternoon. The collision, involving two vehicles that ended in one of those cars flipping over, occurred along Loop 375 north near the Montana Avenue exit. Authorities said there were
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EL PASO, Texas — An SUV rollover crash snarled traffic Wednesday morning along a portion of Mesa Street in west El Paso. It happened on N. Mesa near Interstate 10 and South Desert Boulevard and caused a backup for motorists as authorities dealt with the scene. Police tweeted that the wreck had been cleared and
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UPDATE, July 13: The New Mexico Department of Transportation reopened the U.S. Route 70 exit 170 on-and-off ramps to the White Sands Missile Range on Tuesday evening. The ramp reopening about 7:15 p.m. came a full day after the San Augustine Pass was reopened. Both the highway and the ramps had been closed Sunday night
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SAN AUGUSTINE PASS, New Mexico – Marina Gandara and her son Jacob had already spent 16 hours on the road home to Las Cruces when they encountered “mud rivers” running through Organ Mountains on Sunday night. “We got probably halfway up when there were these “mud rivers,” recalled Gandara. “We did not know this at
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LORDSBURG, New Mexico — A major vehicle pileup amid storms throughout the region shut down a stretch of Interstate 10 near Lordsburg on Sunday night, according to a tweet from the National Weather Service. The New Mexico Department of Transportation indicated the crash occurred on I-10 westbound at milepost 35, which is just east of
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EL PASO, Texas — A multi-vehicle collision Sunday morning led to the closure of a stretch of Loop 375 in east El Paso. The crash, involving three cars, occurred around 6:15 a.m. on Loop 375 south at Montwood – which was closed to traffic until further notice. First-responders indicated there were no serious reported. What
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Interstate 10 westbound in the Las Cruces area was shut down Saturday evening for several hours due to a semi-truck fire that forced traffic to be diverted. ABC-7 viewer Frank Villa captured the flames and smoke visible along the highway. (You can watch it in the video player at the
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EL PASO, Texas — A motorist was injured Saturday afternoon when their car flipped over along a street in a central El Paso residential neighborhood. The rollover crash happened near Trowbridge Drive and Pennsylvania Place. What caused it to occur was not immediately known. First-responders said the person inside the car was taken to a
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EL PASO, Texas — Two people were seriously hurt Saturday in a motorcycle crash along Transmountain Road. First-responders said it happened about 10 a.m. along Transmountain near the picnic area. There was no immediate word on what triggered the crash; the damaged motorcycle was loaded onto a truck trailer and taken away from the scene.
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EL PASO, Texas — A traffic crash injured two people, one seriously, and led to the shutdown late Wednesday afternoon of a portion of Interstate 10 in west El Paso for multiple hours. The two-vehicle collision occurred just before 4 p.m. along I-10 eastbound at Redd Road. A 911 caller told authorities that one of
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso’s Streets and Maintenance Department is seeing a high volume of potholes across the city, as well as large amounts of debris in the roadways, after large amounts of rainfall brought to region in recent storms. Salvador Solis, the infrastructure division manager for the city, said Wednesday that the amount
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OZONA, Texas — An El Paso woman was killed over the holiday weekend when the SUV she was riding in crashed along Interstate 10 in west central Texas, according to state troopers. The crash happened near the unincorporated community of Ozona, which is about 350 miles east of El Paso. According to the Texas Department
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police detectives on Tuesday announced the charging of a suspect in a road rage incident that occurred in late May. 30-year-old Denzel Bradley Williams was arrested over the holiday weekend by a fugitive task force on a warrant charging him with aggravated assault. Police allege Williams pulled out a
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EL PASO, Texas — A stretch of Paisano Drive in the Lower Valley was shut down Tuesday afternoon following a crash in which multiple injuries were reported. The two-car wreck occurred just after 3 p.m. at E. Paisano and El Paso drives near Fox Plaza. No further details were immediately available.
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UPDATE, July 6: A man remained hospitalized Tuesday following a rollover crash the day prior on I-10 west at Transmountain that police initially said had resulted in his death. 22–year-old Abel Isaac Ortiz was listed in critical condition at University Medical Center with life-threatening head injuries. Investigators said Ortiz was speeding in his Jeep on
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EL PASO, Texas — Two semi-trucks collided early Tuesday, with one of those 18-wheelers rolling over, leading to the shut down of Interstate 10 in both directions in west El Paso for multiple hours. The collision, which police reported about 12:30 a.m., happened along I-10 at Sunland Park on a rain-slicked freeway due to storms
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UPDATE, July 4: The victim killed in the crash has been identified by sheriff’s deputies as 58-year-old Ernest Saenz.Authorities said they also made an arrest in connection with this deadly crash, but they didn’t identify that person or indicate the charges. ORIGINAL REPORT, July 3: EL PASO, Texas — One person was killed and several
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EL PASO, Texas — A UPS driver was fired and a New Age Plumbing employee disciplined on Friday after ABC-7 cameras caught them among multiple drivers traveling the wrong direction down a U.S. 54 on-ramp during a powerful rain storm. Drivers that found themselves at a stop due to high water near the Hercules exit
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