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Police suspect the driver of a silver Mercedes car may have been drunk when he collided with a Toyota pulling out of a Valero gas station early Saturday morning. The accident happened at around 2: 30 a.m. according to Houston Police Department, at Fairbanks N. Houston Road and West Road. Three people in the Toyota were injured in the crash, two of them were taken by Life Flight in critical condition. The Mercedes driver was arrested at the scene.

Mercedes driver arrested on suspicion of DWI

3 people in Toyota injured, two transported via Life Flight

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The driver of a red pickup swerved out of his lane around 10:00 p.m. Friday night while traveling on Mykawa, then crossed into oncoming traffic causing a head-on collision that injured a man and a 12-year old boy. All three people involved were taken to Ben Taub in serious but stable condition. Police found beer cans in the cab of the red pickup truck so alcohol involvement is obviously suspected as being a factor in the crash.

Channel 11’s story on the accident is here.

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18-year old Dalia Alfaro has been charged with intoxication manslaughter in connection with a deadly car accident yesterday.  Police are saying Alfaro, a dancer at a club called Sin City, was drunk when she left the club after her shift.  Channel 11 News’ story notes that Sin City’s web site says the club is open from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. but the accident happened shortly after 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday morning.

The tragic chain of events was set in motion when a police officer saw Alfaro driving a silver Dodge pickup at 60 MPH in a 35 MPH zone on Westheimer near Gessner. Alfaro allegedly fled from the officer when he attempted a traffic stop, then she crashed into a vehicle at Kirkwood and Westheimer then kept going. Alfaro apparently stopped at some point, but then reversed and took off again.

Disaster struck when Alfaro, doing 85 MPH, ran a red light at the intersection of Eldridge Parkway and collided with a green-colored Mazda 3 then hit the driver’s side of a gray Impala.  Alfaro’s truck then swerved and hit a concrete truck head-on, ending the pursuit.

The driver of the Impala, only 29-years old, died at the scene.

Police took Alfaro to Memorial Hermann Southwest for minor injuries and was determined to be drunk after a blood draw was taken.  Alfaro is being held on $80,000 bond. Alfaro reportedly has prior convictions for evading arrest, graffiti and possession of marijuana.

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A Houston police officer and a driver he pulled over were injured this morning when their vehicles were hit by a suspected drunk driver in a Chevy Tahoe. The accident happened at around 1:45 a.m. on the North Freeway (I-45 N) near Airline Drive. The officer was out of his vehicle and the police cruiser was parked behind a motorist the officer had just pulled over when the Tahoe came from behind and crashed into the police cruiser, propelling into into the officer and the stopped driver’s vehicle. The driver of the Tahoe was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, and the officer and the other motorist were taken to the emergency room to be checked out. Channel 11’s story is here.

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Photo credit: KHOU Channel 11 News

Two pedestrians, a man and a woman, were transported to hospital Saturday night after they were struck by a vehicle while crossing a street in the Montrose area. The incident happened around 11:30 p.m. at the intersection of Tuam Street and Helena Street. Witnesses say the driver of a silver Fiat car wasn’t necessarily speeding but was driving faster than would be expected for the conditions, when he struck the couple then kept going around the corner, despite significant damage to his car. A witness followed the Fiat, and the Fiat returned to the scene of the accident where additional witnesses prevented the driver from leaving. Law enforcement believes the driver was intoxicated. Channel 2’s report is here.

Police think the driver of this Fiat was drunk when he struck two pedestrians

One of the two injured pedestrians lying in the roadway

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A driver is suspected of being drunk when he caused a major two car accident early this morning at the intersection of Reveille Street and Dixie Drive in southeast Houston. HPD say a white car, apparently a newer model Chevy Malibu or Impala, was speeding down Reveille at around 80 MPH. A white colored pickup truck was eastbound on Dixie Drive when it was t-boned by the car and pushed through the intersection into a yard, nearly hitting a nearby home. The pickup driver was trapped in his vehicle and had to be extracted by the fire department. Both drivers were taken to the hospital and suffered broken bones in the accident. Investigators say the driver of the white car appeared to be impaired.

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A suspected drunk driver in a Chevy Suburban ran a red light last night at Cook Road and Bellaire Boulevard, crashing into a HFD ambulance, causing the ambulance to flip onto its side. Two paramedics and a six month old baby riding in the Suburban were injured in the accident. At the time of the accident, around 12:30 p.m., the ambulance was not on a call and was returning to base. The man driving the Suburban faces a felony DWI charge because of the age of his passenger.

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One person was killed and several others injured in a rear-end collision caused by a driver authorities say was heavily intoxicated.  A red-colored Dodge Charger with black rims was reportedly speeding down Highway 6 when the Charger rear-ended a red colored pickup truck. The red pickup was pushed forward into the path of an oncoming truck, resulting in a head-on crash between those two vehicles. The driver of the red pickup truck died at the scene. The driver of the other pickup truck was rushed to hospital in serious but stable condition: the driver’s wife and two-year old daughter were also in the truck but reportedly were not injured. After the accident the driver in the Charger fled the scene on foot and was found face down, asleep, in the front yard of a nearby residence at the Copperfield subdivision. Due to the Charger driver’s high level of intoxication, he was taken to a nearby hospital.  The accident happened at Highway 6 near Cherry Creek.

The Harris County District Attorney’s Office has accepted a charge of intoxication manslaughter against the Charger driver. Court records show that 22-year old Aaron Jacques from Cypress, TX was charged in Harris County on June 16th with one count of intoxication manslaughter and one count of intoxication assault.

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Harris County deputies are investigating a fatal accident involving a bicyclist to determine if the driver of the pickup that killed him was intoxicated at the time.  According to witnesses, the bicycle rider was proceeding on the shoulder of Highway 6 near Empanada Drive when he was struck by the red-colored Ford F-series pickup truck, which was also driving on the shoulder for some reason.  The bicycle was thrown about 75 feet onto the grass verge to the roadside and the pickup sustained front end damage to the passenger side.  The driver of the pickup truck remained at the scene and investigating officers performed field sobriety tests and will also order a blood draw to determine if the pickup driver was driving drunk. The victim of the accident has not yet been identified, but according to Channel 2’s report he was in his late 40’s.