SAN ANTONIO – Updated at 1:16 p.m.: The highway has reopened after the wreck was cleared, officials said.
Original story:
A stretch of Interstate 10 in Guadalupe County was closed Tuesday due to a spill involving 40,000 pounds of avocados on the roadway.
The load came from a tractor-trailer that crashed around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday on the eastbound lanes of the highway near Schwab Road.
Sgt. Homero Balderas with the Cibolo Police Department says the driver of the big rig for some reason veered toward the median, then lost control of his vehicle.
"When they came back, they overcorrected, went across to the right, overcorrected again and then flipped their truck-tractor and their trailer," he said.
A second big rig, a tanker, then came along and hit the overturned truck, adding to the trouble, he said.
"Luckily, the tanker that struck them did not turn over like they did and also luckily, was empty at the time, "Balderas said. "Two patients that were in the truck tractor hauling the avocados were both injured and transferred to two different hospitals."
At last check, both of those people were stable, police said.
A third vehicle, a van, also became involved in the crash scene.
However, neither that driver nor the tanker driver suffered any injuries.
Officers, meanwhile, had to remain at the scene until well after daylight, blocking the road to prevent other drivers from getting caught up in the mushy mess.
Workers from the Texas Department of Transportation also arrived to clean up the mess.
However, they also spent time waiting around for some of the necessary equipment.
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