A child is among five people hospitalized after a two-vehicle rollover crash on I-35E in Red Oak, Texas, early Sunday—another working family paying the price on highways the federal government can't be bothered to maintain.
The collision happened around 1:30 a.m. on the southbound lanes near Ovilla Road, according to FOX 4 News. Two cars collided, causing one vehicle to overturn. At least five people were rushed to local hospitals, some with serious injuries. Authorities have not released identities or updated conditions, and the cause remains under investigation.
It's not just Texas. In Montclair, California, a hit-and-run driver plowed into a group of bicyclists just before 11 p.m. Saturday at Kingsley Street and Tudor Avenue, KABC-TV reported. Video from the scene shows bicycles strewn across the road and what appears to be a covered body. Police found a car with severe front-end damage about a mile away. The driver fled. The number of injured remains unknown.
Two states, two overnight crashes, two scenes of ordinary Americans left broken on roads this government treats as an afterthought.
I-35E is a major north-south artery through Texas. It carries commuters, truckers, and families every hour of the day. When two vehicles collide and one flips at 1:30 in the morning, the questions write themselves: road conditions, lighting, lane markings—all the infrastructure details that separate a routine drive from a hospital trip. Authorities haven't cited road conditions as a factor in the Red Oak crash, and the investigation is ongoing. But the broader pattern is unmistakable.
The federal government has shipped over $100 billion to Ukraine since 2022. The bipartisan infrastructure bill that was supposed to fix American roads has been slow-walked and diluted by the same permanent Washington class that greenlights foreign aid in days. Every billion sent overseas is a billion not spent on the interstates and local roads where working families actually live and commute.
FOX 4 reported that some victims in the Red Oak crash suffered serious injuries. KABC noted that additional details about the Montclair cyclists—including how many were injured—were not available. Both incidents remain under investigation.
Five hospitalized in Texas. Cyclists struck in California. A driver who fled the scene. And a Congress that signs blank checks abroad while American roads crumble at home.
The question isn't whether these specific crashes were caused by bad infrastructure. The question is how many more Americans will pay the price before Washington treats domestic roads as a priority worth funding.
