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Around 9:00 p.m. Sunday January 12th a motorcycle rear-ended a minivan on Interstate 45 at Edgebrook in southeast Houston.  A woman riding on the back of the motorcycle was killed in the crash. Channel 2’s report is here. Houston Chronicle story here. The Chronicle’s article identifies the motorcycle as a Harley Davidson, and states that the minivan changed lanes to enter the freeway when the motorcycle, reportedly traveling at a high rate of speed, struck the rear of the van. Neither the motorcycle driver nor the passenger were wearing crash helmets. The police investigation into the cause of the accident is ongoing.

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A 21-year old woman was killed early this morning in a single car accident: she crashed, was ejected from her vehicle, and the vehicle then crushed her.

Channel 2 News Houston reports the woman was heading westbound on Park Row in west Harris County around 2:30 a.m. when she failed to negotiated a curve, causing her to strike the median and then hit a tree.  Investigators believe the woman was tossed from her vehicle, and the vehicle’s momentum caused it to crush her.  Sadly, she died at the scene.  From Channel 2’s picture it appears the vehicle was a Lexus LS430,  Toyota Avalon or possibly a Nissan Maxima.

Photo credit: Channel 2 News Houston

Photo credit: KHOU

The driver of a tiny Smart car was badly hurt in a crash with a Kroger 18-wheeler on US 59 in the Porter area. The Montgomery County Police Reporter web site says the wreck happened around 1:00 a.m. Saturday between FM 1314 and Community Drive. The woman driving the Smart car was found laying in the roadway in the southbound lanes of US 59 having apparently been ejected out of the rear of the vehicle. The accident happened when the 18-wheeler driver executed a lane change and failed to see the smaller vehicle, striking the Smart car and pushing it into a concrete barrier. The lady driving the Smart car was last listed as being in critical condition at Memorial Hermann in Houston.

Photo: Scott Engle, Montgomery Co. Police Reporter

Photo: Scott Engle, Montgomery Co. Police Reporter

Photo: Scott Engle, Montgomery Co. Police Reporter

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Few details are available though local news, but ABC Channel 13 Houston is reporting a fatal accident last night on FM 529 near Fry Road.  Investigators say a dump truck crashed into a small SUV, killing one occupant of the SUV.

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Police say a Chevrolet pickup truck was speeding, and the driver’s alcohol consumption may have been a factor, in the first fatal accident of 2014 in Houston.  Police say the pickup truck ran a red light at the intersection of Pierce Street and Milam Street in downtown Houston around 1:00 a.m., crashing into the passenger side of a white Mercedes sedan.  A husband and wife were traveling in the Mercedes: the husband was killed in the accident, the wife transported to Memorial Hermann Hospital. Read Channel 2’s report here.

Photo credit: Channel 11 Houston

Photo credit: Ch. 11 News Houston

Police say a 26-year old man was speeding and weaving in and out of traffic in his silver-colored Pontiac moments before he caused a multi-vehicle accident that claimed his life and serious injured many other people. The three vehicle accident happened on Highway 146 in Baytown, Texas at around noon.  Channel 2 News spoke to Dr. Bruce Meuth, a veterinarian who operates the Abisher-Meuth Animal Hospital at a location near the scene of the crash. The two other vehicles involved aside from the Pontiac were a FexEx delivery truck and a Lincoln car occupied by three businessmen who were reportedly badly hurt. Dr. Meuth and his staff rushed from their office to render aid and contact family member of the injured men to let them know about the accident.

Photo credit: Channel 2 News Houston

Police say the Pontiac driver was traveling northbound on Highway 146 when he lost control of his vehicle and crossed the center line into incoming traffic, colliding with the Lincoln. The men in the Lincoln were all transported by Life Flight helicopter and the FexEx driver was taken by ground ambulance with a leg injury.

The driver of this silver Pontiac was killed

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A wrecker driver was injured while responding to a rollover crash on Interstate 10 East in Houston this morning.  In the initial accident at around 2:15 a.m., the driver of an SUV lost control of his vehicle and rolled over near Oates Road. Nobody was injured in the rollover wreck, however an 18-wheeler attempting to avoid the rollover accident scene hit a wrecker truck, knocking the wrecker into a Ford Mustang and a concrete wall. The big rig flipped over spilling its load onto the freeway.  Both the wrecker driver and the 18-wheeler driver were injured and transported to hospital. Two people in the SUV that rolled over fled the scene on foot.

Photo credit: Channel 2 Houston

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Sunday December 8, 2013: Channel 2 is reporting a two vehicle accident in Sugar Land that has left one driver dead. The crash happened at around 6:40 a.m. when a Chevrolet Tahoe SUV heading southbound on Dairy Ashford ran a red light, crashing into a Dodge Charger heading westbound on Highway 90.  The driver of the Dodge Charger was pronounced dead at the scene and the driver of the Tahoe was taken to hospital via helicopter. The crash remains under investigation; KHOU’s report states that the police will review red light cameras as part of the inquiry.

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The Tahoe driver reportedly ran this red light at Dairy Ashford and Hwy 90

A suspected hit-and-run, drunk driver hit and killed a female pedestrian at Westheimer Rd. and Joel Wheaton Rd. last night. The woman was struck outside a shopping center around 9:30 p.m.; the driver fled the scene but his car broke down at Westheimer and Gentryside and he was arrested.  He will likely face a charge of intoxication manslaughter.