{"id":490547,"date":"2026-01-04T00:05:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T00:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/490547\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T00:05:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T00:05:21","slug":"midtown-area-crash-pushes-houston-metro-bus-from-overpass-onto-highway-69","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/490547\/","title":{"rendered":"Midtown-area crash pushes Houston METRO bus from overpass onto Highway 69"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/m158lo299gmh88tu.jpg\" alt=\"Crash pushes Houston METRO bus off overpass\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/video\/fmc-sxb1ndvmiqwlyxe3\" data-v-4292be72=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crash pushes Houston METRO bus off overpass<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-4292be72=\"\">Over 10 people were injured after a crash allegedly led to a Houston METRO bus being pushed off an overpass in the Midtown area. FOX 26&#8217;s Angie Rodriguez shares the latest details at the scene.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\"><strong>HOUSTON<\/strong> &#8211; Multiple people were injured on Saturday after a crash led to a Houston METRO bus falling off a Midtown-area overpass.<\/p>\n<p>   Houston Midtown: Bus falls from overpass   <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">According to METRO police, the bus was involved in a crash with another vehicle while driving over the McGowen Street overpass above Highways 59 and 288.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Officials say a call about the crash came in just before 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">It&#8217;s believed the second vehicle rear-ended the bus, causing it to go off the McGowen overpass and onto the side of southbound Highway 59.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/r7uoppjijzr8zn8f.jpg\" alt=\"METRO bus falls from Houston overpass | Full press conference\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Officials say at least 14 people were injured in this crash. One person in the vehicle that rear-ended the bus is said to be in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Everyone else&#8217;s injuries are said to be minor-to-moderate.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">At least twelve bus passengers and the driver were taken off the bus. Authorities say the bus driver&#8217;s leg was stuck after the crash, and many tools were needed to get her out.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">No one involved has been identified.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">There are no other details about what led up to the crash.<\/p>\n<p> Hours-long shutdown <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Crews are now expected to cut the embankment to bring the bus down.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The highway is blocked off in the area, and it could take some hours before it&#8217;s reopened.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> Houston METRO Police, Houston Fire Department, and the Texas Department of Transportation.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/traffic\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Traffic<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/houston\/midtown\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Midtown<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/houston\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Houston<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Crash pushes Houston METRO bus off overpass Over 10 people were injured after a crash allegedly led to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":490548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[6082,4345,17833,50,358,314,3187,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-490547","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-crime-publicsafety","9":"tag-houston","10":"tag-midtown","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-texas","13":"tag-traffic","14":"tag-tx","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115833911673040538","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490547","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=490547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}