Roads remain closed, cleanup underway a day after deadly semitrailer crash in West El Paso

Roads stay closed successful the country wherever a deadly clang killed 1 idiosyncratic and injured respective much successful West El Paso.

Clean up is inactive underway connected Friday, May 9, much than 24 hours aft a clang involving a semitrailer and respective vehicles connected Thursday, officials said.

All lanes are inactive closed astatine Spur 16 astatine Talbot Drive, arsenic good arsenic Southwestern and Transmountain drives. Drivers volition beryllium detoured backmost onto Interstate 10 East.

Police did not springiness a clearing time, portion the Texas Department of Transportation successful El Paso said each lanes volition unfastened erstwhile cleanup is complete.

Traffic country investigators and occurrence crews were connected the country of the crash, which happened successful the aboriginal greeting hours of Thursday, May 8.

Video captured adjacent the clang shows the semitrailer engulfed successful flames, traveling astatine a precocious complaint of speed, portion different video captured the aftermath, with debris and wreckage dispersed passim the area.

Police person not released the origin of the clang oregon immoderate different accusation connected the victims.

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