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The crash was reported at about 12:22 p.m. on the North Freeway at Tidwell Road on Houston TranStar.
Houston police said the chase was self-initiated involving a fugitive and that one person was detained.
Traffic cameras showed large smoke coming out of the crashed vehicle earlier and firefighters working to put it out.
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