BEAUMONT, Texas — The Vidor Police Department is stressing the importance of wearing seat belts following an accident that contributed to a four-hour traffic backup along the interstate in Beaumont.
A driver of a pickup truck survived after his car was pushed over a highway barrier while driving along IH-10 in Vidor, Vidor Police Chief Rod Carroll confirms with 12News.
It happened around 1:30 p.m. on Thursday in the westbound lanes of IH-10 near mile marker 859 in Vidor.
Thanks to the driver wearing his seatbelt, he was taken to a hospital by an ambulance with only minor injuries, Carroll said.
Traffic was backed up from Ford Park to Vidor due to this wreck and another wreck along I-10 in Beaumont involving a "major hazmat incident."
Westbound lanes along I-10 in Beaumont are now completely open, and one eastbound lane is open for traffic, according to Beaumont Police.
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