Outbound Gulf Fwy open again after cement truck rolls over

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Friday, September 25, 2020
Commuter describes mess from Gulf Freeway truck crash
Southbound traffic on I-45 backed up for miles Friday morning due to a crash involving a cement mixer truck near Griggs.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Traffic on the outbound Gulf Freeway was flowing again Friday afternoon hours after a cement truck rollover blocked lanes.

By 10 a.m., crews were still working to clean the spill from the truck near Griggs Road.

But the lanes reopened soon after.

The incident was first reported around 5 a.m. but it wasn't known what exactly happened.

The rollover also halted traffic on the Gulf Freeway HOV lane.

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