Channel 11 is reporting a traffic alert for a multi-vehicle accident on the southbound Gulf Freeway near Dixie Farm Road in Houston. All of the southbound lanes of the Gulf Freeway are blocked and the northbound lanes have all but ground to a halt because of rubbernecking. The crash happened just before 6:00 a.m.; one vehicle rolled in the crash, and Channel 11 reports its helicopter footage showed a dump truck behind a crushed vehicle that was on fire.
Update 1: a report from Channel 13 posted just before 7:00 a.m. states law enforcement has confirmed one fatality from this wreck. How awful for the family of this person who was probably making their routine morning commute; hopefully the media has made a mistake and all lives were spared.
Update 2: Channel 2 is now reporting that a pedestrian was hit and killed in this accident while walking on the freeway. Not that it doesn't happen, but it seems very strange that a pedestrian would be walking on the freeway. Perhaps a vehicle was broken down or disabled?
Update 3: Channel 11 is offering a more detailed account of what allegedly happened. According to an unnamed HPD officer a woman was wandering in the southbound lanes of the Gulf Freeway when she was struck by a car. The car then swerved and hit a dump truck. Another driver in an SUV also swerved, causing that vehicle to lose control and roll. The pedestrian died at the scene; two other people involved were transported to hospital in stable condition.
Update 4: the female pedestrian who died in this accident has been identified as 38-year old April McKenzie from League City, Texas. For some reason it appears Ms. McKenzie was walking in the travel lanes of the freeway during the morning rush hour. Whatever the reason, this is a very sad outcome.
DaraghCarterLaw.com
Update 1: a report from Channel 13 posted just before 7:00 a.m. states law enforcement has confirmed one fatality from this wreck. How awful for the family of this person who was probably making their routine morning commute; hopefully the media has made a mistake and all lives were spared.
Update 2: Channel 2 is now reporting that a pedestrian was hit and killed in this accident while walking on the freeway. Not that it doesn't happen, but it seems very strange that a pedestrian would be walking on the freeway. Perhaps a vehicle was broken down or disabled?
Update 3: Channel 11 is offering a more detailed account of what allegedly happened. According to an unnamed HPD officer a woman was wandering in the southbound lanes of the Gulf Freeway when she was struck by a car. The car then swerved and hit a dump truck. Another driver in an SUV also swerved, causing that vehicle to lose control and roll. The pedestrian died at the scene; two other people involved were transported to hospital in stable condition.
Update 4: the female pedestrian who died in this accident has been identified as 38-year old April McKenzie from League City, Texas. For some reason it appears Ms. McKenzie was walking in the travel lanes of the freeway during the morning rush hour. Whatever the reason, this is a very sad outcome.
DaraghCarterLaw.com
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