Emergency Closes Southbound I-35E in Ellis County

ITALY – A multi-vehicle crash and car fire has closed all lanes of southbound Interstate 35E at mile marker 384 near Italy on Tuesday afternoon.

Southbound motorists should exit at State Highway 34 in Italy and go east a half mile to U.S. Highway 77. Motorists should take U.S. 77 south until it connects with I-35E near Milford in southern Ellis County.

The crash is expected to be cleared by late Tuesday afternoon.