Texas highway with nation’s fastest speed limit records first fatal crash

The central Texas road with the nation’s fastest speed limit at 85 mph has recorded its first fatal accident, on the same day that it began charging drivers. The driver of a Honda Civic died after it collided with a Chevy Tahoe in the southbound lanes of state Highway 130 around 1:45 p.m. Sunday. The victim, Martha Melinda Harris, 60, of Lockhart, Texas, had just entered the toll road from the ramp, Mustang Ridge Police told NBC News. The driver and the passenger in the Chevy Tahoe suffered minor injuries, KXAN.com reported. Police are still investigating the cause of the accident and did not say how fast the cars were traveling.