VICTORIA — Traffic near Victoria was rerouted Tuesday morning after a semi became lodged under a railroad bridge.

The truck was too tall to navigate the bridge, just off Old U.S. 40 on Cathedral Avenue. At approximately 9 a.m., the truck had been cleared from the scene.

According to Victoria Police Chief Cole Dinkel, the driver, Charles Avery, 64, from Mississippi, was not injured in the incident. The semi only suffered scrapes on the trailer top. Emergency responders let the air out of the truck’s tires to allow it to pass under the bridge.

Dinkel said such an incident happens about once a year at the Union Pacific bridge at Third and Cathedral.