HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- At least one person has been hospitalized after an 18-wheeler fell into a hole at a construction site in west Houston, police said.
Police said a waste management truck was headed southbound on Eldridge, just south of the Katy Freeway, when the driver called police about a vehicle in front of them. The driver of the big rig said they could either hit the car or go through the construction zone, police said.
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In the moment, the driver chose not to hit the car and went through the construction zone, where the big rig fell nose-first into the 20 to 30 feet deep hole, police said.
The truck driver was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries, according to HPD.
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According to the police, the hole the truck fell into is part of the waste management flood control system, but the truck was not part of the construction crew.