33-year-old wrong-way driver and 23-year-old man injured following a crash on the Eastex Freeway in Houston, Texas
Another wrong-way crash on Houston freeway
For the second time in as many days a wrong-way driver collided with oncoming traffic on a Houston freeway.
2 injured in Eastex Freeway wrong-way crash
As of 5 a.m. the southbound lanes remained closed at the 610 Loop, with traffic being diverted onto the loop. The freeway fully reopened just before 5:30 a.m.
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At around 3:45 a.m. Tuesday in the 5500 block of the inbound Eastex Freeway near Cavalcade, a silver Chevrolet was traveling northbound in the southbound lanes when he slammed into a tan Toyota Camry. The driver of that car, so far identified only as a 23-year-old man, and the 33-year-old male wrong-way driver, were both rushed to Ben Taub General Hospital. Both drivers were injured and taken to the hospital and are reportedly in stable condition, but the driver of the Toyota was more seriously hurt.
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