Crash Alert: Suspected Drunk Driver Crashes, Kills Passenger
HOUSTON, TX – Prosecutors have charged a suspected drunk driver following a fatal crash in Humble on Sunday. KPRC reports that 35-year-old Eliud Isael Martinez Sanchez lost control of his gray GMC Yukon shortly before 6 a.m. Sunday, driving it into a ditch and then into a residential driveway at 6000 Glen Lee Drive. The…
Read MoreCrash Alert: Suspected Drunk Driver Hits, Kills Pedestrian
HOUSTON, TX – A suspected drunk driver hit and killed a pedestrian on South Loop and Main on Wednesday night, KHOU reports. Police said that the driver hit another automobile and then struck the pedestrian, who later died at a hospital. Police are expected to charge the driver with DWI. If you were injured by…
Read MoreCrash Alert: Man charged with DWI after killing 19-year-old woman
HARRIS COUNTY, TX – A man has been charged with driving while intoxicated after causing an accident that resulted in the death of a 19-year-old woman on Nov. 22. Follow-up is underway, still preliminary: an altercation broke out between two males outside a bank parking lot. One male hopped in a car driven by a…
Read MoreCrash Alert: Four teens injured in high-speed Porsche accident
FORT BEND COUNTY, TX – Four teenagers between the ages of 16 and 19 were injured when the Porsche they were driving hit a curb at a high rate of speed and crashed, ejecting one of them. According to abc13, the crash happened near the intersection of Commercial Center Boulevard and Cinco Ranch Boulevard on…
Read MoreCrash Alert: Man dies after suspected DUI driver crashes on Highway 59
VICTORIA, TX – A man died last Wednesday when a suspected drunk driver hit his van head-on, forcing his vehicle off of the side of Highway 59. ABC 25 reports that Bryan Tamayo, 28, was driving on the Highway 59 overpass early Wednesday morning when he crashed head-on into a van coming from the opposite…
Read MoreCrash Alert: Suspected drunk driver ejected from car in crash
HOUSTON, TX – A man suspected of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol was ejected from his vehicle after crashing it on a residential street in Harris County Sunday. Lucky to be alive. Our deputies investigated this early morning single vehicle roll-over crash. The unrestrained driver, suspected of driving while intoxicated, was ejected…
Read MoreCrash Alert: Woman killed in Spring Branch DWI crash
HOUSTON, TX – A woman was killed Sunday morning when her vehicle was struck by a man police believe was driving under the influence, the Houston Chronicle reports. Vehicular Crimes Division investigators are responding to a fatal crash at the Katy Freeway frontage road at Gessner. Expect delays in the area. CC1 #houtraffic #hounews —…
Read MoreCrash Alert: One killed in possible drunk driving accident on US 290
HOUSTON, TX – The Houston Chronicle reports that a woman was killed in a possible drunk driving accident on US 290 this morning. The driver of a Jeep Cherokee allegedly struck both a box truck and a Nissan that were stopped due to a prior crash near the intersection of US 290 and Antoine Drive.…
Read More16% of DWI Cases in Houston Involve PCP
“Angel dust” or PCP (phencyclidine) is one of the two drugs found in impaired drivers in Houston, the Houston Forensic Science Center reported. According to the officials, 16% of DWI cases in Houston (between 2013 and 2018) involved “angel dust.” This substance is not safe for drivers, especially when they are speeding with over 70…
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