Police officer injured while blocking debris on Eastex Freeway
A Houston Police Department officer was injured this morning in a crash on the Eastex Freeway at the North Beltway. The officer was attempting to block part of the freeway at the scene of a previous accident that left debris in the roadway; a car hit the vehicle that spilled the debris, pushing that vehicle into the officer. The officer’s condition was unknown at the time of Channel 2’s report: he or she was transported to Memorial Hermann Hospital. Police say the driver who knocked the vehicle into the officer will be cited for failure to control speed. The crash happened around 11:00 a.m. and the freeway was reopened at 1:10 p.m.