A fatal crash closed all of the northbound lanes of U.S. 75 near I-635 in north Dallas, according to the Texas Department of Transportation.
DALLAS — A crash that killed two people closed all of the northbound lanes of U.S. 75 near Interstate 635 for several hours on Wednesday morning, officials said.
Officers responded to the crash around 5:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 31, in the northbound lanes of U.S. 75 near I-635 and the High Five Interchange, according to a press release from the Dallas Police Department.
Around 8 a.m., all traffic was forced to exit onto the frontage road due to the crash.
When police arrived, they found that a truck had struck a wall, officials said. The vehicle caught fire, and two people died on the scene, police said.
Police are investigating the incident. Police started to let some traffic pass around 8:15 a.m.
Also, nearby in the eastbound lanes of I-635 near U.S. 75, a stalled vehicle is blocking a single lane of traffic, possibly causing a slowdown in the area.
This is a developing story.