{"id":1422771,"date":"2025-06-28T18:19:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T23:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1422771"},"modified":"2025-06-29T18:47:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T23:47:42","slug":"multi-vehicle-crash-near-kaufman-county-causes-back-up-on-i-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1422771","title":{"rendered":"Multi-vehicle crash near Kaufman County causes back up on I-20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1422772\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-28-at-17-57-33-TRAFFIC-ALERT-Multi-vehicle-crash-near-Kaufman-County-causes-back-up-on-I-20-200x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-28-at-17-57-33-TRAFFIC-ALERT-Multi-vehicle-crash-near-Kaufman-County-causes-back-up-on-I-20-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-28-at-17-57-33-TRAFFIC-ALERT-Multi-vehicle-crash-near-Kaufman-County-causes-back-up-on-I-20-350x350.png 350w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-28-at-17-57-33-TRAFFIC-ALERT-Multi-vehicle-crash-near-Kaufman-County-causes-back-up-on-I-20.png 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong>\u00a0 KAUFMAN COUNTY \u2014 According to the Terrell Volunteer Fire Department, four people are dead, two are critically injured and several others have sustained injuries following the seven vehicle crash on I-20 westbound near Kaufman County. The injured passengers were taken to Dallas area hospitals for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>According to our news partner KETK, three 18-wheelers and four passenger vehicles were involved and the cause of this crash is unknown at this time. The fire department said that I-20 westbound is still closed and is expected to remain closed for several hours.<\/p>\n<p>A multi-vehicle crash in the Kaufman County Saturday caused lane closures and traffic to back up on I-20. According to the Elmo Fire Department, injuries were sustained during a five vehicle crash including two 18-wheelers near Mile Marker 505 on I-20, between Terrell and Myrtle Springs. Eastbound lanes are closed<\/p>\n<p>Elmo Fire Department is encouraging drivers to exit 512 westbound and find a different route. Texas Department of Transportation live cameras show that all westbound lanes are closed at Kaufman County Road 126. DriveTexas with TXDOT says estimated cleanup time on Saturday is 9 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Details about the injuries are unknown and updates will be made as more information is gathered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE:\u00a0 KAUFMAN COUNTY \u2014 According to the Terrell Volunteer Fire Department, four people are dead, two are critically injured and several others have sustained injuries following the seven vehicle crash on I-20 westbound near Kaufman County. The injured passengers were taken to Dallas area hospitals for treatment. According to our news partner KETK, three 18-wheelers &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1422771\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Multi-vehicle crash near Kaufman County causes back up on I-20<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1422917,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-28-at-17-57-33-TRAFFIC-ALERT-Multi-vehicle-crash-near-Kaufman-County-causes-back-up-on-I-20-200x200.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1422771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-09 02:49:26","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-28-at-17-57-33-TRAFFIC-ALERT-Multi-vehicle-crash-near-Kaufman-County-causes-back-up-on-I-20-200x200.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1422771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1422771"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1422771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1422918,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1422771\/revisions\/1422918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1422917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1422771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1422771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1422771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}