One dead in pedestrian, semitruck collision on I-10 in west El Paso County

A pedestrian was killed in a collision with a semitruck that shut down Interstate 10 in far west El Paso County on Saturday night, El Paso police said.

The collision occurred about 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 13, on the westbound lanes of I-10 near the Vinton exit, police said. The fatal collision was under investigation by the police Special Traffic Investigations Unit.

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The Texas Department of Transportation said on the X platform that the westbound and eastbound lanes of the highway were closed with traffic being detoured near Transmountain Road due to the investigation. The freeway lanes were reopened by 2:30 a.m. Sunday, police said.

Further details and names of those involved were not immediately available.

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