HOUSTON – Highway 288 was shut down for an hour Wednesday after an SUV crashed into a fire truck and rolled over. The crash happened during a live traffic report on KPRC Local 2.
A vehicle was traveling northbound on 288 when it tried to swerve around the interchange of Highways 59 and 45 near downtown Houston at 6:30 a.m. The vehicle hit an SUV, which crashed into a fire truck. The fire truck was leaving the scene of another minor accident on the right shoulder when it was hit. The SUV rolled over, spun around and crashed.
The crash was caught on camera during Jennifer Reyna's traffic report.
Traffic was diverted to Highway 59 northbound until the scene was cleared at 7:34 a.m.
Officials said no serious injuries were reported.
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