For second time in a week, a truck has hit Houston Avenue...

On the bright side, a truck hitting the Houston Avenue and leaving a cargo container on eastbound Interstate 10 would be much more traffic-gnarling on a regular workday.

The container hit a car driving along the freeway.

The incident did minimal damage, said Karen Othon, spokeswoman for the Texas Department of Transportation.

The incident was reported shortly after 3 p.m., and crews were working to clear the cargo container at 4:20 p.m. Monday. Traffic was moving through the area, but eastbound travelers were backed up to Washington Avenue, near Memorial Park.

The wreck cleared at 5:10 p.m., officials said.

Police were interviewing the truck's driver, and per TxDOT policy the agency will seek damages from the insurer of the truck.

It is the second time in a week that a truck ferrying a cargo container smacked into the Houston Avenue bridge. Rose De La Rosa, who's daughter was injured in the June 26 incident, said another truck striking the bridge means more action is needed to avoid the calamities.

"We were in amazement that the same thing happened in the same place," said De La Rosa, who drove by Monday's event, and stopped to take photos.

While the focus of such accidents often is the condition of the bridges and when traffic will resume to normal, De La Rosa said officials and drivers are fortunate the crashes are not worse.

"We're lucky these are only one-vehicle accidents," she said of the two recent crashes. "It could have been way worse. You could have several fatalities."