Overturned Beer Truck Causes Traffic Hangover Near Midtown

HOUSTON, TX — Someone may have had a long way to go and a short time to get there. There's no word if a smooth-talking, handsome man with a mustache darted a black Trans Am through Houston on Tuesday morning. But folks certainly know there was an 18-wheeler hauling a load of beer through town.

A man carrying beer on the Eastex Freeway rolled his semi on the northbound exit ramp to the North Loop heading west. The traffic headache probably wasn't a good hangover cure.

The rollover caused a big backup in traffic, and many motorists were asked to take alternate routes during rush hour as crews were still trying to clean up the highway, which was having an impromptu party itself with the smell of booze.

The driver of the truck was fine, but just rather shaken up, according to the report from KHOU.

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