I-30 Closes After 18-Wheeler Pursuit Ends in Fiery Crash, Standoff

Police in Arlington have closed Interstate-30 at Cooper Street after a pursuit of an 18-wheel truck ended in flames. Police tweeted they are "working a standoff" and media in the area reports "SWAT teams" are moving toward the site of the crash. We will update this story. ...

By Observer Staff Writers

June 9, 2017

Arlington Police Department via Twitter

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I-30 eastbound is closed at Cooper Street. Working a standoff involving an 18-wheeler. Media staging the QT on Cooper and Rd to Six Flags. pic.twitter.com/3YSKYnxsuY
— Arlington Police, TX (@ArlingtonPD) June 9, 2017

Police in Arlington have closed Interstate 30 at Cooper Street after a pursuit of a tractor-trailer ended in flames. Police said that SWAT teams were "working a standoff" with the stopped vehicle and at 3:20pm reported that "the occupant of the 18-wheeler is in custody."

Traffic conditions are extremely congested and are not expected to improve soon. "Both sides of I-30 at Cooper remain closed. Avoid the area," Arlington police advised on Twitter.

An Arlington police spokesman described the chain of events at the scene, saying that a Fort Worth police officer tried to pull over an 18-wheeler "traveling at a high rate of speed." The driver of the tractor-trailer fled, striking several vehicles along the way before smashing into another vehicle and coming to a halt. "We can confirm the driver of the vehicle next to the 18-wheeler escaped and was transported to a hospital with non-life threatening injures," Arlington police say.

An update from the scene at I-30 and Cooper Street. I-30 eastbound remains closed at Cooper. pic.twitter.com/LdJlHgOs1r
— Arlington Police, TX (@ArlingtonPD) June 9, 2017

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