SkyEye video showed the massive pileup with five or six cars on the West Loop at Bissonnet. All northbound lanes were blocked, causing drivers to have to exit as they approached Bellaire.
The accident was cleared around 6:45 a.m., but delays continue as drivers start slowly moving again.
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