UPDATE 8/4:
Texas DPS confirmed that a man from Dallas was the person killed in a multi-car deadly crash over the weekend in Salado on I-35.
Texas DPS says a 2020 Toyota RAV vehicle, being driven by Robert Martin, of Dallas, was traveling northbound on I-35. The investigation revealed that Martin hit a deer, and his car was then disabled in the middle of the lane of travel.
A 2025 delivery truck was northbound approaching the Toyota. The delivery truck hit the back of the Toyota, causing it to vault over the center wall into the southbound lanes.
A 2015 GMC SUV traveling southbound collided with the Toyota after it vaulted into the southbound lanes.
Martin was pronounced deceased on scene and the next of kin has been notified.
The crash investigation is still active and open.
The other two drivers were not injured.
UPDATE 8/3, 4:30 p.m.:
The Bell County Sheriff's Office has confirmed that northbound I-35 is reopened. Southbound lanes remain shut down.
ORIGINAL:
Texas DPS is investigating a fatality crash in Salado. Authorities shut down both IH-35 northbound and southbound lanes earlier this morning.
The Bell County Sheriff's Office says southbound I-35 is shut down outside Salado at FM 2484.
"Northbound traffic is being diverted at exit 286. Traffic southbound will exit 285," reads a release from the sheriff's office. "Avoid the area if possible and plan an alternate route. This will be for an extended timeframe."
State troopers say to expect delays in the area as the investigation continues.
