HOUSTON — Deputies blocked all eastbound lanes of the North Sam Houston Tollway/Beltway 8 after an early-morning crash killed a driver.
The wreck was reported shortly before 4 a.m. Friday, closing all lanes near JFK Blvd. in the Bush Airport area.
The first deputy on the scene found the driver had crashed into a barrier on the tollway. Their caught fire, so the deputy pulled the driver out. The driver died at the scene.
Houston TranStar initially reported that five vehicles were involved, but later updates indicated it was a single-vehicle crash and no other injuries or deaths were reported.
As of 5:10 a.m. all eastbound traffic was being forced to the frontage road/parkway at Aldine Westfield. The tollway has since fully reopened.