Lanes reopen after overturned truck shuts down portion of Highway 225 EB at I-610 Loop

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Multiple lanes have reopened along Highway 225 eastbound after an overturned box truck slowed down drivers Thursday morning.

According to Houston TranStar, the incident was reported at about 10 a.m., shutting down all eastbound lanes just after I-610 South Loop. The accident was cleared just before 2 p.m.

Houston Police Department units temporarily blocked that portion of the highway at the South Loop due to the overturned truck on the outbound/eastbound lanes.

How the truck accident happened is still unclear.

TxDOT crews assisted with the cleanup.

TranStar also showed a separate incident involving a heavy truck impacting lanes along I-610 South Loop eastbound at Highway 225.

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