Texas leaders seek to improve Highway 361 after fatal crashes

(This story was updated to add new information.)

Texas officials are seeking ways to improve safety on the section of State Highway 361 between Corpus Christi and Port Aransas after three people died in separate crashes on that road within four days.

Beginning Aug. 25, the speed limit will be reduced from 60 mph to 50 mph between Park Road 22 and a point just south of Beach Access Road 1A in Port Aransas, the Texas Department of Transportation said in an Aug. 21 news release…

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