7:50 a.m.
US 59 southbound main lanes – Traffic extremely heavy due to a fatal head-on collision that has closed southbound lanes for several hours. As of 7:45 a.m., traffic is backed up from the scene of the crash (closure begins at SH 242) all the way to FM 2090. All southbound traffic has been diverted to the service road.
Traffic is also very backed up Roman Forest Blvd. from where it intersects the US 59 service road because of all the diverted freeway traffic.
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