If there’s one thing San Antonio drivers learn quickly, it’s to expect the unexpected and not to drive behind someone hauling large objects. Too many times, those large pieces of wood or enormous pieces of rock end up on some busy highway, scattered about and causing a scene. That’s exactly what happened to one vehicle hauling slabs of marble that lost its load, sending chunks of rock and a light post tumbling onto a busy highway.
On Wednesday, May 13, what started as a standard drive up U.S. 281 for Jesse Campos on a routine HVAC job turned into chaos as the luxury rock was strewn across his path.
“[We] were a little past Basse Road when traffic suddenly came to a stop. We ended up right near the accident scene,” Campos told MySA. “There were ambulances everywhere, several cars stopped and debris spread all over the freeway.”
Images from the scene show crews on site fighting the growing traffic in an effort to clear the rubble, including a light post toppled in the wreckage. The material that would have eventually become pricey countertops was lost to the highway, a speculation that sparked quips from folks online familiar with outraged contractors and rough material suppliers.
While it remains unclear if there were any injuries or serious vehicle damage sustained during the chaotic turn of events, Campos described a harrowing scene.
“The whole scene felt chaotic and intense, especially seeing emergency crews already working the area,” he said. “As someone who drives the highways daily for HVAC work, it’s something that really stuck with me.”