PLANO, TX – A driver was rushed to the hospital after a tractor-trailer slammed into an overpass in Plano early Thursday morning.

According to the Plano Star Courier, the incident occurred at about 5:16 p.m. along Sam Rayburn Tollway at the Ohio Drive overpass.

Plano Fire-Rescue says the 18-wheeler and attached trailer crashed into the overpass. It took emergency crews over 45-minutes to extricate the driver, who was subsequently rushed to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital for treatment.

It is unclear if anyone else was injured as a result of the crash.

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