BREAKING 🚨Traffic Alert🚨 Veterans Memorial NB shut down after crash caused downed power poles | Expect traffic until at least 2 p.m.
Deputies said a driver was coming home from the gym when he crashed into a pole, causing a domino effect. The northbound lanes will be closed until around 2 p.m.Eight power poles were knocked over in a crash involving at least four cars in northwest Harris County overnight, according to deputies.
To avoid the closure, drivers can take T.C. Jester. Harris County sheriff's deputies said it may not be fully cleaned up until around 2 p.m. Wednesday.CenterPoint Energy's outage trackerThankfully, deputies said no injuries were reported and everyone was able to safely get out of the vehicles around the downed lines.
The 20-year-old driver who reportedly caused the accident was coming home from the gym at 11:30 p.m. Tuesday. He crashed into one power pole in the 11000 block of Veterans Memorial, which caused several more to fall in a domino effect. Other drivers on the road had to dodge the poles. Video from the scene shows how drivers had to slam on their brakes in order to narrowly miss them.
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