Concrete mixer truck rolls over near downtown

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A concrete mixer truck rolled over Saturday, forcing the closure of the southbound lanes of the Southwest Freeway.

It happened some time before 8:30 a.m. at the 288 split.

Traffic was being diverted away from the area as crews worked to clear a spill and the wreckage.

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