Motorcycle hit by wrong way driver in US 59 HOV lane
A motorcycle rider was injured in an accident this morning when he was hit by a wrong-way driver in the HOV lane of the Southwest Freeway (US 59) during this morning’s rush hour. The accident happened around 8:30 a.m. at 59 and Hillcroft. METRO officials say the wrong-way driver was elderly, and that after the motorcycle was struck by the wrong-way vehicle it then hit a third vehicle. The motorcyclist was transported to Ben Taub General Hospital in Houston.
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