ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – A driver was injured after an 18-wheeler rollover on I-20 in Abilene Thursday morning.
The crash happened near mile marker 283 just after 8:00 a.m.
Police the scene say an 18-wheeler that was traveling westbound on the interstate lost control and went into a median then up an embankment of a bridge, which caused it to rollover into the eastbound lanes of I-20.
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The driver was hospitalized with unknown injuries, and no one else was involved in this crash.
Eastbound lanes of I-20 were closed during this incident, and traffic was being rerouted onto the Winters Freeway.