{"id":359427,"date":"2025-11-06T08:50:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T08:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/359427\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T08:50:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T08:50:14","slug":"major-fatal-crash-shuts-down-highway-6-at-us-59-in-sugar-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/359427\/","title":{"rendered":"Major fatal crash shuts down Highway 6 at US 59 in Sugar Land"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One person was killed in the crash.<\/p>\n<p>HOUSTON \u2014 A fatal crash has closed multiple lanes of Highway 6 at US 59 in Sugar Land. One person is dead and officials are warning drivers to expect delays lasting several hours.<\/p>\n<p>Sugar Land Police responded to the crash around 3:43 p.m. Wednesday in the northbound lanes of Highway 6 near the northbound US 59 feeder.<\/p>\n<p>A motorcycle was on its side at the scene on the crash. Officials have not shared what led up to the crash or who was involved.<\/p>\n<p>As of 4:50 p.m., Highway 6 southbound was completely closed under US 59, while only one northbound lane remained open. All traffic on the northbound US 59 feeder approaching the intersection is being diverted to a single lane, with drivers allowed to turn only right onto southbound Highway 6.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say it will take several hours to clear the scene. Police are urging drivers to avoid the area and use alternate routes if possible to avoid delays.<\/p>\n<p>Sugar Land Police said they will provide updates as information becomes available.<\/p>\n<p>Sugar Land Lakes Drive or Williams Trace Boulevard may be good alternatives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Below is a live Houston-area traffic map<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                                    &#13;\n                                <\/p>\n<p><strong>Got a news tip or story idea? Email us at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khou.com\/article\/traffic\/fatal-crash-highway-6-us-59-sugar-land\/mailto:newstips@khou.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">newstips@khou.com<\/a> and include the best way to reach you.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One person was killed in the crash. HOUSTON \u2014 A fatal crash has closed multiple lanes of Highway&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":359428,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[4345,358,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-359427","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-houston","9":"tag-texas","10":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115501900511093999","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}