HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Highway 288 has re-opened at Beltway 8 after authorities cleared a deadly crash from freeway.
The hours-long closure is now over as traffic begins to move more freely in the area. Traffic had been rerouted onto the feeder as authorities worked the scene throughout the morning.
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The Harris County Medical Examiner's Office tells us someone died in the wreck, but that person's age and gender has not been released.
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