BELL COUNTY, Texas — At least one person was killed and several others were taken to hospital on Saturday afternoon, November 14, 2026, after a crash involving multiple vehicles on State Highway 95 at Round Hall Road in Bell County, according to the Bell County Sheriff's Office.

Source: KXXV 25 News

Sheriff's officials confirmed that at least one person died at the scene, KXXV 25 News reported. Several other people were hospitalised with injuries whose severity had not been released on Saturday. Deputies from the sheriff's office and officers from other law enforcement agencies were at the scene through the afternoon.

What officials have said

A spokesperson for the Bell County Sheriff's Office described the collision as a fatal crash involving several vehicles, KWTX reported. The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is investigating the crash, KXXV reported. By Saturday evening, officials had not released the name of the person who died, the number or types of vehicles involved, or any information about what caused the collision.

Source: KWTX

Highway closed, drivers told to take other routes

State Highway 95 at Round Hall Road was expected to remain closed for several hours while investigators worked at the scene and the wreckage was cleared, and drivers were asked to use alternate routes. Anyone travelling through that part of Bell County on Saturday evening was advised to avoid the junction and expect delays on surrounding farm-to-market roads.

Background: SH 95 and the Bell County corridor

State Highway 95 is a north–south state highway in Central Texas that runs through Bell County, linking Temple and the I-35 corridor with smaller communities to the south. Bell County sits between Austin and Waco on one of the busiest freight and travel corridors in Texas, and its rural state highways carry a mix of local traffic, farm vehicles and through traffic heading for I-35. Round Hall Road is a rural crossroad, and fatal crashes on state highways in Texas are investigated by DPS troopers, who reconstruct the collision before the road fully reopens.

For the Punjabi truckers and other commercial drivers who run the I-35 corridor between Austin and Dallas–Fort Worth, closures on parallel state highways such as SH 95 matter because they push extra traffic onto I-35 and the farm-to-market road network. Drivers in the area were advised to check road conditions before setting out and to leave extra time.

What happens next

The DPS investigation is continuing. In fatal crashes in Texas, the name of the person killed is normally released only after the family has been notified, and troopers typically release a preliminary crash report once the reconstruction is complete. No charges or citations had been announced as of Saturday evening, and officials had not said when the highway would fully reopen.