EL PASO, Texas (KTSM)- El Paso Fire Department (EPFD) crews responded to a semi-truck that overturned and caught on fire at I-10 West at Chelsea Street.

The crash forced police to shut down a portion of the freeway until shortly before 9 a.m. Wednesday morning.

Crews were able to extinguish the fire and get the driver of the vehicle out.

Emergency dispatch tells KTSM the driver was transported to a local hospital with minor injuries.

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