The fatal crash closed both directions of SH-36 N from Spur 10 to Walnut Avenue Thursday afternoon, with the shutdown expected to last several hours. Both vehicles carried one occupant, and both drivers were pronounced dead at the scene.
Rosenberg police responded to the collision in the 1400 block of State Highway 36 West, according to ABC13 Houston. Police said preliminary information indicated the vehicles struck head-on. Investigators had not released further details about what led to the crash.
Police urged drivers to use alternate routes rather than wait in the backup while crews cleared the scene and investigated. ABC13’s SkyEye13 captured aerial images of the crash site.
A Stretch of Highway With a Troubled History
Thursday’s fatal crash is not the first time this corridor has drawn a heavy emergency response. A separate head-on collision on Highway 36 in Needville, which appeared to have occurred in a construction area based on an ABC13 SkyEye view, drew a large police presence on a Tuesday morning and saw two ambulances leave the scene before conditions cleared by about 8:20 a.m., the outlet’s report notes…