Archive for January, 2014

Smart car wrecked by Kroger 18-wheeler, US 59 in Porter

The driver of a tiny Smart car was badly hurt in a crash with a Kroger 18-wheeler on US 59 in the Porter area. The Montgomery County Police Reporter web site says the wreck happened around 1:00 a.m. Saturday between FM 1314 and Community Drive. The woman driving the Smart car was found laying in the roadway in the southbound lanes of US 59 having apparently been ejected out of the rear of the vehicle. The accident happened when the 18-wheeler driver executed a lane change and failed to see the smaller vehicle, striking the Smart car and pushing it into a concrete barrier. The lady driving the Smart car was last listed as being in critical condition at Memorial Hermann in Houston.

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Dump truck accident kills one on FM 529 near Fry Road

Few details are available though local news, but ABC Channel 13 Houston is reporting a fatal accident last night on FM 529 near Fry Road.  Investigators say a dump truck crashed into a small SUV, killing one occupant of the SUV.

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Mercedes passenger killed in Houston’s first fatal accident of 2014

Police say a Chevrolet pickup truck was speeding, and the driver’s alcohol consumption may have been a factor, in the first fatal accident of 2014 in Houston.  Police say the pickup truck ran a red light at the intersection of Pierce Street and Milam Street in downtown Houston around 1:00 a.m., crashing into the passenger side of a white Mercedes sedan.  A husband and wife were traveling in the Mercedes: the husband was killed in the accident, the wife transported to Memorial Hermann Hospital. Read Channel 2’s report here.

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