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A man was driving on the Katy Freeway early Saturday morning when he lost control of his truck and crashed, according to Houston police.
The truck hit a concrete wall near Westgreen Boulevard. Police said the driver wasn't wearing a seat belt at the time, so the force of the impact threw him through the front window. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The victim's identity was not immediately released.
Police said it's not clear what caused the driver to lose control in the first place.
Police have identified the woman who died in a crash early Friday near the San Pedro Avenue and Basse Road intersection as Senaida Delagarza, 43.
Delagarza was speeding southbound on San Pedro in her 2007 Nissan Sentra just after 1 a.m. when a 2006 Dodge Charger, driven by 35-year-old James Ybanez, pulled out of a private driveway, according to a police report. The Sentra crashed into the Charger and the Sentra's passenger side airbags deployed but the front airbags did not, according to police.
Around midnight, Krystal Singletary was driving inbound on 290 with her dog in the car when she lost control and hit a wall causing the car to roll.
She survived the crash and got out of the car because it was stuck on its side in the middle of the freeway.
At the same time a family driving on 290 didn't see the woman in the middle of the road and hit her, pinning her and the dog in between the two cars.
All outbound lanes of the Gulf Freeway at Broadway Street have reopened after a multi-vehicle accident.
According to Houston TranStar, the accident was occurred around 6 a.m. Wednesday.
At least four vehicles are involved in the accident.
All lanes reopened around 7:15 a.m.
No other information has been released at this time.
Two people are dead after a late night crash in northwest Harris County.
The crash happened on Veterans Memorial near Camden Parkway around 10 p.m. Monday.
Little York firefighters and paramedics showed up minutes later and had to cut part of the car open to get to the trapped victims.
Investigators said two people died at the scene, but the driver and another passenger were rushed to Ben Taub General Hospital with critical injuries.