{"id":394258,"date":"2026-08-01T02:14:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T02:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/394258\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T02:14:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T02:14:35","slug":"metal-pipes-appear-to-spear-into-big-rig-cab-on-north-loop-traffic-delays-expected-skyeye13-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/394258\/","title":{"rendered":"Metal pipes appear to spear into big rig cab on North Loop, traffic delays expected, SkyEye13 shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KTRK logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/origin-ktrk.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Saturday, August 1, 2026 1:55AM<\/p>\n<p>A big rig&#8217;s cab was punctured by what appeared to be metal pipes on the North Loop, SkyEye13 images showed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; A big rig&#8217;s cab appeared to be punctured by the load being carried on the truck&#8217;s flatbed, SkyEye13 images showed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Images from SkyEye13 appeared to show metal pipes that punctured the cab of a big rig on the North Loop.\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR zFTjo hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/19608532_073126-ktrk-skyeye13-big-rig-pipes-crash-img.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Images from SkyEye13 appeared to show metal pipes that punctured the cab of a big rig on the North Loop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The incident occurred on the North Loop westbound near Fulton Street on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">SkyEye13 was above the scene where the trailer&#8217;s load, which appeared to be metal pipes, was seen penetrating the back of the cab.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Images from the scene also showed broken glass on the side of the stopped 18-wheeler.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">At least two lanes were closed, and traffic was snarled as the investigation into the incident was underway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Officials did not immediately release information about the circumstances of the incident, including the driver&#8217;s condition and whether any other vehicles were involved.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saturday, August 1, 2026 1:55AM A big rig&#8217;s cab was punctured by what appeared to be metal pipes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394259,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[138741,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-394258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-138741","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}