18-wheeler hangs over I-10 overpass after Katy Freeway crash
An 18-wheeler dangled off an I-10 overpass near Hwy 99 after a multi-vehicle crash, and Harris County fire officials said two people were hospitalized.
An 18-wheeler hung over the side of an I-10 Katy Freeway overpass near Hwy 99 after a multi-vehicle crash in Houston, leaving Harris County firefighters to pull two people to hospitals and check the scene for any larger threat to traffic below.
SkyEye footage showed the rig dangling off the overpass, a dangerous position that can turn a crash into a longer freeway problem for drivers using one of Harris County’s busiest truck corridors. Harris County fire officials reported two hospitalizations, and no fatalities were confirmed in the available information.
The cause of the crash had not been released in the information available Wednesday, and the status of the truck’s removal or any lane reopening was not confirmed. That uncertainty matters on I-10, where a wreck involving a commercial truck can quickly ripple through commuter traffic on the Katy Freeway and raise the risk of secondary crashes as drivers slow near the scene.
The incident also fits a pattern of serious wrecks around Hwy 99 and the Katy Freeway. Click2Houston’s SH-99 topic page linked to a story titled “18-wheeler left hanging over I-10 overpass after crash near SH-99,” and the site maintains a separate 18-wheeler crash topic page that includes other major truck-related collisions in the corridor.
Recent coverage has shown how often this stretch sees heavy-vehicle crashes. On Sept. 15, 2025, all lanes reopened after an 18-wheeler crash temporarily shut down Hwy 99 in Fort Bend County. On Feb. 18, 2025, a speeding SUV driver was killed after crashing into an 18-wheeler on the Katy Freeway. On June 10, 2025, a 19-year-old man was killed in an 18-wheeler crash on Eastex Freeway in downtown Houston, and a woman and child were hospitalized.
For drivers across Houston and western Harris County, the overpass crash is another reminder that the I-10 and Hwy 99 interchange can become a chokepoint fast when a large truck goes down hard, especially when the vehicle ends up hanging over the edge of a bridge.
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