A crash involving multiple vehicles, including an 18-wheeler, shut down all eastbound lanes of U.S. Highway 80 and its service road near Townsend Boulevard in Kaufman County just before 8 a.m. Thursday.
The 18-wheeler also caught fire.Â
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TxDOT video from the scene shows the 18-wheeler’s burning cab in the service road with its cargo stretched across the median. Other wreckage from the crash, and what appears to be a gas spill, impacting the main lanes of the highway.
At least one person was entrapped in the wreckage, according to the Forney Police Department. Their condition is not yet clear.
Authorities expect the highway to be closed for multiple hours while the crash is investigated and cleaned up.Â
The Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office is leading the investigation.