Commuters faced significant delays Thursday as a stretch of Interstate 37 southbound on San Antonio's Southeast Side was shut down following an early morning crash that left a truck in pieces and damaged a highway sign, as KSAT reported. Around 6 a.m. near Fair Avenue, a white truck crashed into a traffic pole holding up the sign, effectively splitting the truck's bed from the cab and causing debris that triggered another collision on the opposite lanes.
San Antonio police said that the chain of events involved a total of five vehicles, but remarkably, no major injuries were reported, the lanes, previously choked with the detritus of the incident saw the northbound side clear after two hours while southbound travelers languished through an extended closure eventually lifting in the afternoon, eight hours after the incident, this information comes from KSAT's coverage. The Texas Department of Transportation and emergency response teams were dispatched to the scene, where they assessed and initiated maintenance on the sign due to concerns about its compromised structural integrity.
Earlier in the day, all four lanes of I-37 had been projected to close for six hours to facilitate the sign repairs, as noted by KENS 5. The damage occurred when a pole that supports the highway sign was struck in the rollover accident that morning officials had urged drivers to seek alternative routes to avoid the gridlock.
In the aftermath of the closure, as crews worked to restore the damaged infrastructure road users experienced significant disruptions. The southbound section of the interstate was eventually reopened to traffic by late Thursday afternoon, a development that would likely come as a relief to those caught in the day's earlier traffic snarls, commuters eagerly returning to their regular routes, a sentiment reflected in ongoing updates by KENS 5.
