A man was killed after being struck on the northbound main lanes of the Gulf Freeway (South I-45) near the 18600 block in Houston on Saturday night. Houston Fire Department paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. His identity has not been released pending family notification. Police have not publicly said why he was on the freeway.
According to Hoodline, the crash happened around 9:15 p.m. when a gray Jeep Cherokee traveling northbound struck the pedestrian, and the 50-year-old driver stayed at the scene and was questioned and released after showing no signs of intoxication. Hoodline reports the Houston Police Department Vehicular Crimes Division is investigating under incident number 122258726-P. FOX 26 Houston reported that police believe the man may have been struck by multiple vehicles, and that the first driver to stop remained at the scene. Details could change as the investigation continues.
A man was struck and killed Saturday night on the northbound Gulf Freeway (I-45) near El Dorado Boulevard in the Clear Lake area of Houston. Houston police said officers responded around 9:11 p.m. after the man was struck multiple times by vehicles on the freeway. Houston Fire Department paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. All northbound lanes of the Gulf Freeway, including both shoulders, were shut down for hours while investigators worked the scene.
According to ABC13 Houston, the Houston Police Department had not immediately identified the pedestrian and said the circumstances that led him onto the freeway remained under investigation. Police believe the man may be connected to two dispatch calls received minutes earlier about a person possibly experiencing a mental health crisis at a nearby shopping center. The driver of a Lexus SUV identified as the initial striking vehicle stayed at the scene and told officers he had consumed one alcoholic drink hours earlier; the department’s DWI unit cleared him and no charges are pending as the investigation continues.
