Crossing guard struck by car at Condit Elementary in Bellaire

A crossing guard working outside Condit Elementary School in Bellaire was hit by a car yesterday. Bellaire Police Department say the driver of a maroon-colored Cadillac made an illegal right turn and hit the guard, throwing her onto the hood of his vehicle. The crossing guard was conscious as she was transported to the hospital. The driver of the Cadillac was ticketed for causing the accident. KHOU's web site has amateur video of the aftermath of the pedestrian accident.

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Serious injuries in four car accident on FM 1960 in Spring

Several cars that were facing westbound on FM 1960 in Spring were stopped at a traffic light at Cypress Station around 12:20 a.m. Saturday morning when an SUV slammed into the rear of an older model Cadillac waiting in line. The Cadillac was shoved forward into the vehicle in front of it, then the Cadillac sideswiped a fourth vehicle. Reportedly the SUV flipped over onto its side and the driver had to be extracted by rescue crews: the was transported by Life Flight in critical condition. A man and a woman in the Cadillac were taken to hospital in serious but stable condition. Two men in the vehicle that the Cadillac was pushed into were treated at the scene but were arrested when deputies found a large amount of marijuana in their vehicle. Channel 11's report is here.

Interestingly a person who commented on an accident report on Channel 2's web site claimed to be the only witness to the accident, and offered the following observations:

"I was probably the only witness to this wreck. the driver of the suv was in fact speeding. there were 10-15 vehicles stopped at the red light when the collision occured. im pretty good at judging speed, and i estimated the suv to be traveling in excess of 75mph but no more than 85mph (keep in mind that it is a 40mph zone). this wreck was pretty bad. if it was in a movie it would have been a michael bay film. life flight took ~30-45 mins from the time the road had been closed off and crews were already on the scene before it arrived and landed. both the suv and the caddy had to be cut open to remove the occupants, although there wasnt much left of either. i hope that the driver that caused all of this (the driver of the suv) gets the harshest penalties. Seeing it all happen first hand, i can only pray that justice is served. (I have excluded some details from this post intentionally)."

The man and woman in his Cadillac were seriously injured

The SUV that hit the Cadillac turned on its side

Occupants of this red car were arrested on a drug charge

Construction hard hats in the SUV that caused the wreck