I-30 Closed After Car Hits Mesquite Fire Blocker Truck

Emergency crews were at a crash on westbound Interstate 30 near Northwest Drive, just outside Mesquite, early Friday when a sports car hit a retired fire engine being used as a blocker truck. The truck had been positioned to shield firefighters and equipment at the first crash scene. The initial collision was described as causing no injuries in one account.

The crash involving the blocker truck led authorities to close the westbound lanes while crews worked at the scene. The closure affected morning traffic, with a long queue extending past the Broadway and Belt Line interchange and building toward the President George Bush Turnpike by 5 a.m.

Accounts differed on the occupants’ injuries. One said paramedics took the driver to hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening and that no firefighters or officers were hurt. Another said two occupants were transported to a hospital in Dallas, with their condition unknown. No reopening time was provided as crews cleared the scene.