• TxDOT camera view of 18-wheeler accident on Jan. 5 at 11:09 a.m.
    TxDOT camera view of 18-wheeler accident on Jan. 5 at 11:09 a.m.
  • Workers began clean-up operations. None of the packages were salvageable. Photo by Michael Seiber.
    Workers began clean-up operations. None of the packages were salvageable. Photo by Michael Seiber.
    STAFF REPORT

    FERRIS – A Houston man is dead after his 18-wheeler crashed through a guardrail and landed in 10-Mile Creek in Ferris on Jan. 5.

    The Dallas County Sheriff’s Office reported the accident happened on southbound Interstate 45, just south of Malloy Bridge Road.

    The UPS truck pulling two trailers crashed into a guardrail and went through a concrete bridge barrier, crashing into the creek below.

    Dallas Fire Rescue’s Dive Team helped to recover the unidentified body of the driver from the creek.

    Multiple lanes of southbound I-45 and the entry ramp from Malloy Bridge Road were closed for several hours while the truck and trailers were removed from the creek.

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