Truck hits sheriff’s deputy on Freeway 249
The primary of the 2 incidents was reported simply earlier than 2 p.m. on northbound Freeway 249 at Spring Cypress Street in northwest Harris County.
A deputy was concerned in a crash with an 18-wheeler, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez mentioned.
“Deputy is being transported to a hospital in essential situation,” Gonzalez tweeted. “Please maintain our deputy in your prayers.”
Considered one of our deputies has been concerned in a crash with an 18-wheeler. Crash occurred n/b on 249 earlier than Spring Cypress. Deputy is being transported to a hospital in essential situation. I’m headed to the hospital now. Please maintain our deputy in your prayers.
— Ed Gonzalez (@SheriffEd_HCSO) May 11, 2022
Different particulars of the crash, together with what led to the collision, weren’t instantly disclosed.
SkyEye was over the scene and captured the mangled wreckage of a Harris County Sheriff’s Workplace unit on one shoulder and a giant rig stopped on the opposite.
The crash’s site visitors affect includes all northbound mainlanes and one southbound mainlane, in accordance with Houston TranStar.
Bike officer falls on I-45 North
Gonzalez additionally needed to tackle particulars of one other crash that occurred about half-hour after the Freeway 249 incident.
A deputy on a bike had fallen off on northbound I-45 North Freeway simply earlier than the Woodlands Parkway. Houston TranStar verified the crash at 2:30 p.m.
Luckily, the deputy on this different incident was not as critically injured.
“The (motorbike) deputy has been transported to a hospital in honest situation,” Gonzalez tweeted.
Particulars of this incident have been additionally not instantly elaborated. A proper lane and two middle lanes have been impacted, Houston TranStar states.
A second HCSO deputy has been concerned in a crash on the North Freeway. The crash is separate and unrelated to the primary one. The motor’s deputy has been transported to a hospital in honest situation. #HouNews pic.twitter.com/smliGRg97l
— Ed Gonzalez (@SheriffEd_HCSO) May 11, 2022
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