HEWITT, Texas (KXXV) — The northbound lanes of Interstate 35 were shutdown due to an 18-wheeler and vehicle crash, blocking traffic in Hewitt Monday afternoon.
The Robinson Volunteer Fire Department is on the scene, as well as Texas DPS on northbound I-35 between Moonlight and Sun Valley near mile marker 328.
Texas DPS Sergeant Ryan Howard says the crash happened around 3 p.m. The preliminary investigation shows that a Freightliner truck tractor semi-trailer going westbound on Surrey Ridge Lane disregarded a stop sign, entering the intersection.
The truck tractor then crossed the median into the main lanes of traffic and hit a concrete wall. Shortly after that, a Dodge Durango crashed into the Freightliner, DPS says.
Both drivers were taken to a local hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
But during this incident, around 4:25 p.m., Robinson Fire crews were dispatched to a secondary crash on the southbound lanes of I-35.
All lanes of traffic were cleared around 5:30 p.m.
