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A car crashed into a tractor trailer on U.S Highway 59 Southwest Freeway last Thursday near Wilcrest, leading to one fatality and the closure of all southbound traffic lanes for over 5 hours.
According to police, a black Pontiac veered into the 18-wheeler at the Sam Houston Tollway, killing the car’s driver, a 22 year-old man, on impact. The driver was the only occupant of the car; the driver of the large truck was not killed.
The tractor trailer crashed when he tried to avoid colliding with the car, causing the truck to separate from the trailer and overturning the truck’s trailer onto the HOV lanes of Hwy 59. The southbound lanes of Hwy 59 – including the HOV lanes – had to be closed for the investigation and to clear the wreckage.
The accident is still under investigation and the victim’s name has not yet been released. Police are not certain if alcohol was a factor in the crash.
Truck crashes are often fatal for passenger vehicle occupants because of the enormous size difference between tractor trailers, which can weigh over 80,000 pounds, and passenger vehicles, which weigh a fraction of that.
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