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Multiple Texas Crashes Snarl Traffic in Laredo, Lubbock

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Multiple Texas Crashes Snarl Traffic in Laredo, Lubbock

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Several crashes across Texas caused injuries and traffic disruptions. In Laredo, a three-vehicle crash near Boomtown Street and Highway 359 on Oct. 21 blocked a westbound lane; injuries were not yet known. A night earlier, a 21-year-old motorcyclist was seriously but not life-threateningly injured after striking a tractor-trailer on Bob Bullock Loop, with witnesses reportedly saying he had been weaving between lanes. A multi-vehicle crash near South Loop and Slide Road in Lubbock on Oct. 20 caused minor injuries and blocked an access road. In Laredo on Oct. 19, a serious crash between a tractor-trailer and a truck near San Dario Avenue and Las Cruces Drive prompted northbound traffic diversions and major delays.

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El Paso has launched increased commercial-truck inspections on Transmountain Road and is exploring ways to limit heavy-truck traffic after a brake failure caused a fatal multi-vehicle crash. City officials say inspections will continue while they work with transportation authorities on safer routes and potential restrictions, though the city cannot independently bar trucks from the state highway.

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