Crash at US 54 South at Trowbridge hospitalizes 1, closes lanes
UPDATE (2:10 p.m.): The El Paso Police Department’s Special Traffic Investigations Unit is now responding to the crash. EPPD said it received a call about a sanitation truck striking an overpass pillar at 10:52 p.m.
UPDATE (12:05 p.m.): Trowbridge westbound between Gateway North and Gateway South is also closed, TxDOT said.
The El Paso Fire Department said it helped someone out of a vehicle involved in the crash. That person has been sent to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
A dumpster truck crashed at U.S.-54 South at Trowbridge.(Courtesy: FitFam El Paso)
TxDOT added that the overpass is completely closed on both directions.
UPDATE (11:48 p.m.): The interchange ramp to I-10 West and Montana exit also closed.
All frontage lanes closed, TxDOT said. There’s still no clearing time.
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The left two lanes on US-54 South at Trowbridge closed after a crash, according to the Texas Department of Transportation.
TxDOT El Paso confirmed the crash happened on social media at 11:10 a.m. It warned drivers that the crash and lane closures caused major backup.
US-54 South at Trowbridge after a crash closed the right two lanes.
There’s no clearing time set yet.
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