Semi carrying coffee creamer crashes, closes lanes of I-35E in Waxahachie

The southbound lanes of Interstate 35E were shut down early Monday morning through mid-afternoon after a tractor-trailer carrying 22,000 pounds of coffee creamer crashed, police said.

The truck crashed and burned on I-35E overnight at the U.S. 287 bypass, according to a Waxahachie Police Department Facebook post. All southbound traffic was being redirected to the service road, and the U.S. 287 southbound service road was also closed.

The southbound lanes were being cleared at about 1:45 p.m. Monday, according to the department.

FOX 4 reported that the driver was OK.

This story was originally published April 24, 2017 at 6:48 AM with the headline "Semi carrying coffee creamer crashes, closes lanes of I-35E in Waxahachie."