Deadly crash with pedestrian shuts down all lanes of I-610 North Loop westbound at Homestead

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A fatal crash involving a pedestrian is causing backups on the North Loop for the Tuesday morning commute.

The deadly crash was reported around 5:30 a.m. on the I-610 North Loop westbound, headed toward the Eastex Freeway.

Traffic was being diverted off the freeway at Homestead.

Just before 6:30 a.m., backups stretched all the way to U.S. 90.

Drivers can take I-10 to the Eastex Freeway as an alternate route.

It was unclear what exactly led up to the deadly crash.

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