Black ice causes 4 semis to crash on US-59 in Richmond, police say

Four 18-wheelers were involved in an accident on the icy roads in Richmond on Tuesday morning.

Black ice causes 4 semis to crash in Richmond

What we know:

The crash happened in the northbound lanes of US-59 in Richmond, near Rosenberg, on Tuesday morning, shortly after 3:30 a.m.

Richmond police say weather conditions and black ice caused one of the 18-wheelers to flip over, while a second one jack-knifed.

A third 18-wheeler hit the jack-knifed semi and a fourth vehicle was also damaged.

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One of the vehicles was a FedEx Ground truck.

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Source: Richmond Police

Richmond police say two of the drivers were transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

US-59 is closed while crews work to remove the debris.

What we don't know:

At this time, we don't know how long the northbound lanes will be closed.

Richmond police say it could take several hours to clean up the roadway.

The Source: Information in this article comes from Richmond Police and FOX 26 crews on the scene of the crash.

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