A deadly crash shuts down northbound I-45 near downtown Houston, causing major traffic disruption. HOUSTON — A deadly multi-vehicle crash has completely shut down the northbound lanes of Interstate 45 North near North Main Street early Thursday morning, causing major traffic disruptions for commuters near downtown Houston.

Initial reports from HPD is a total of five cars were involved in the crash, scattered across I-45, so they have shut down all northbound lanes and are diverting traffic off at North Main Street while an investigation is conducted.

Authorities say an 18-year-old woman about to begin her first year at the U.S. Air Force Academy was killed when a personal watercraft hit her kayak on a Texas lake over Memorial Day weekend.

Ava Moore, 18, who had only just joined the US Air Force, died after she was struck by a jet ski while kayaking on Grapevine Lake on Sunday evening.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened the death penalty for two people accused in a deadly hit-and-run crash on a lake near the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Austin police say a man has been arrested and charged with DWI in connection to a deadly auto-pedestrian crash.

AUSTIN, Texas — Hundreds of people temporarily lost power early Wednesday morning after a collision in East Austin. The Austin Police Department (APD) responded to the crash sometime around 1:15 a.m. on East Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, not far from Airport Boulevard.