Archive for February, 2013

Cadillac driver flees scene of hit and run accident on Aldine Westfield Road

At 11:00 p.m. Saturday night Harris County Constables responded to a hit and run car  accident on Aldine Westfield Road near Spring Creek Drive. A dark-red colored Cadillac CTS sedan crashed into the side of a Jeep, injuring five people in the Jeep, including a child. All five were transported to hospital, one in serious condition. The driver of the Cadillac fled the scene on foot and has not yet been apprehended, though probably will be shortly via a simple license plate check to determine the owner of the Cadillac.

Driver of Cadillac flees scene of hit and run with Jeep in Aldine Westfield

Photo credit: Channel 2 News

Church van and deputy constables in accident on Navigation; five injured

A crash between a Precinct 6 Constable‘s patrol vehicle and a passenger van from the Iglesia de Cristo Fuente de Vida church sent five people to the hospital Wednesday. The accident happened at 4006 Navigation near North York. Authorities say deputies were responding to a call with lights and sirens operating when the white van pulled away from a stop sign, failing to yield the right-of-way to the deputies. Three people in the van and two deputy constables were transported to Memorial Hermann Hospital, fortunately none suffered life-threatening injuries. Read Channel 2’s report here. Hopefully the church van is properly insured: it looks like the Precinct 6 patrol unit is totaled. Channel 13’s report is here.

Precinct 6 constables in crash with church van on Navigation

Church van accident with constable patrol car on Navigation

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Three vehicle accident at FM 1960 and Millstone Drive leaves one dead

Three vehicles collided in Spring, Texas around 7:30 p.m. Saturday at FM 1960 and Millstone Drive leaving one driver dead and another seriously injured.  The vehicles involved were a blue-colored Scion four door car, an SUV and a pickup truck. Detective say the crash sent the pickup truck off the roadway, causing it to strike a utility pole and land in parking lot. The driver of the pickup truck died at the scene, and the Scion driver was taken to hospital in serious condition. Channel 2’s article is here.

fatal car accident involving Toyota Scion on Fm 1960 in Spring

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Rear end crash on FM 1960 near Treaschwig claims two lives

Two drivers were killed in a rear end car accident on FM 1960 on Saturday night. Harris County Precinct 4 Constables investigators say a white Chevy pickup was traveling eastbound on FM 1960 at a high rate of speed when it struck the rear of a Toyota Matrix compact car: two women were inside the Toyota. The pickup went airborne on impact and flew into a power pole, landing in a parking lot. The driver of the pickup truck was ejected, killing him on impact. The passenger in the Toyota Matrix was taken to Ben Taub Hospital in stable condition, the driver died on her way to hospital. KHOU’s story is here.

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 red-colored 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).
Cadillac rear-ended on FM 1960 in Spring

A man and woman in this Cadillac were seriously injured

The SUV that rear-ended the Cadillac flipped on its side

SUV crashes into Cadillac on FM 1960 in Spring

Construction hats inside the SUV that caused the crash

One dead when Ford pickup and Toyota Camry collide on FM 1960 in Atascocita

Around 2:30 a.m. a dark-colored Ford F-series pickup truck was traveling west on FM 1960 in Atascocita, occupied by four male teenagers. As they approached the intersection of Timber Forest a Toyota Camry pulled out of a shopping center parking lot, turning in front of the pickup truck and causing a collision. There were four passengers in the Camry, two male and two female. One of the Camry’s male passengers, identified in a local news report as Colby Fitzgerald, died at the accident scene. The other passengers were transported to area hospitals, two of them by life flight helicopter. Nobody in the pickup truck was injured in the accident according to Channel 11’s report, but the 18-year old driver of the pickup was charged with driving while intoxicated. Despite Colby Fitzgerald’s death in the accident, the pickup driver will probably not be charged with intoxication manslaughter because the accident is not considered to be his fault. Channel 2’s report is here.