It happened some time before 6 a.m. on US-290 and Grand Parkway.
Images captured by the Cy-Fair Fire Dept. showed crews pulling the driver from the wreckage. The driver was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
Crews respond to an MVA w/ entrapment on US 290/ SH 99 involving a tractor trailer that reportedly fell off the overpass.
— Cy-Fair Fire Department (@cyfairfd) December 17, 2020
Fire crews extricated an adult male who was trapped inside and EMS transported the patient in critical condition.
Photo: Capt. Daniel Arizpe, PIO#hounews pic.twitter.com/5nRHf8CA56
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