Wrong-way driver dies after smashing into big rig on 59 Eastex Freeway
All northbound lanes of Eastex Freeway at Laura Koppe have reopened
Anavid Reyes
HOUSTON – All northbound lanes of the Eastex Freeway at Laura Koppe Road have reopened after a driver traveling the wrong way was killed when he crashed into an 18-wheeler Friday morning.
The accident was reported just before 4 a.m., according to Houston TranStar.
According to officers, a man in a blue GMC Sierra pickup truck was traveling the wrong way at a high rate of speed in the northbound lanes of the Eastex Freeway and crashed into an 18-wheeler.
Police said the man in the pickup truck died at the scene. The 18-wheeler driver was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
After the first accident, a dump truck hit the back of the 18-wheeler, and its driver fled the scene. Authorities do not have a description of the dump truck.
The investigation is continuing.
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