3 hospitalized after crash involving wrong-way driver and METRO bus on HOV/HOT lane at I-45 at Main

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Three people have been hospitalized, including one with life-threatening injuries, after a crash involving a wrong-way driver and a METRO bus Monday morning in north Houston.

This happened in the HOV/HOT lane at I-45 North Freeway northbound at Main, which was shut down for at least a couple of hours, but has since reopened.

METRO told ABC13 that a preliminary investigation found that at about 9 a.m., a driver forcibly bypassed a gate closure and drove the wrong way in the lane.

Two people on the bus were taken to the hospital.

The person in the car was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.

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