The morning commute ground to a halt today due to a three vehicle accident. According to KHOU, an 18-wheeler rear ended a small car, causing the car to spin out and collide with a METRO bus. The accident happened around 7:08 a.m. on the Gulf Freeway southbound near the exit for Monroe Road. The driver of the car was transported to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
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The weekend turned tragic for the family of a 20-year old woman killed last night in a crash on the Gulf Freeway in League City. According to reports from Channel 13 and Channel 11, the young lady was transporting a mattress on her vehicle when her car was struck by a Ford pickup truck. The Channel 13 article states the woman was driving slowly because of the load. The young woman died in the accident; the pickup driver was not injured although his vehicle hit the median after crashing into the woman’s car.
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