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Car accident at Holman and Burkett in Houston

Police are saying a driver ran a stop sign causing a major two car accident at the intersection of Holman Street and Burkett Street just south of downtown Houston. The accident happened around 11:00 p.m. on Friday November 29th. KHOU’s article quotes police as saying a light-colored car heading north on Burkett ran a stop sign and was then struck by the front of a black colored vehicle. As you can see from the pictures below, the light colored car came to rest on two wheels. At least one person was transported by ambulance.

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Head-on accident breaks paramedic’s leg, kills SUV driver Anwar Johnson

A major car accident Monday morning in southeast Houston killed the driver of an SUV and injured five paramedics, breaking one paramedic’s leg. The City of Houston Fire Dept paramedics were transporting a heart patient when the speeding SUV crashed head-on into the ambulance at Holman and St. Charles around 4:00 a.m. The SUV driver, 35-year old father of four Anwar Johnson, was pronounced dead at the scene. The cause of the accident is still under investigation, however police believe Johnson may have been speeding. Read KHOU’s story here.

Photo credit: Malini Basul / KHOU Ch 11 News