HOUSTON – The Downtown Aquarium has released surveillance footage of the moment an 18-wheeler fell off the North Freeway and landed in the business' parking lot.
Police said the accident happened around 2:30 a.m. Friday after a wrong-way driver caused the southbound big-rig, hauling charcoal, to roll over and plummet nearly 30 feet into the restaurant parking lot.
Friday evening, the Aquarium shared a tweet showing the moment the vehicle landed in the parking lot, and said they are “amazed and happy” there were no fatalities.
pic.twitter.com/mLTDvc5Rzv — Aquarium Houston (@AquariumHouston) September 19, 2020Baltej Singh, the 65-year-old driver of the big rig, was removed from the vehicle and suffered cuts and bruises.
It was later determined that the wrong-way driver was intoxicated, authorities said.