Wrong Way Driver Kills Mother, Child, and Injures Others
INCIDENT DATE/TIME: 100am 3-24-25
LOCATION: Southbound i45 over Memorial Dr
AREA/CITY: Houston
DETAILS:
- HPD and HFD responded to reports of a Major Crash
- Arriving companies located what is believed to be a wrong-way crash involving 3 vehicles with multiple patients
- Multiple children involved as well
- a 10-year-old child was pronounced deceased at the hospital
- HPD VCD has shut down all lanes of Southbound 45 at i10
- Trans ramps from Eastbound and Westbound i10 to 45 South are closed for the duration of the investigation
- the reported wrong way driver is at the hospital and presently detained
A WRONG WAY DRIVER STRUCK 2 VEHICLES. 1 VEHICLE HAD A FAMILY OF 4, AND THE SECOND HAD A COUPLE, INCLUDING A PREGNANT FEMALE. 1 CHILD AND THE MOTHER FROM THE 1ST CAR HAVE BEEN PRONOUNCED DECEASED. THE REMAINING 2 MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY AND THE WRONG WAY DRIVER ALL REMAIN IN CRITICAL CONDITION. THE PREGNANT FEMALE AND MALE FROM THE 3RD VEHICLE ARE STABLE AS OF LAST UPDATE. THE ROADWAY HAS NOW REOPENED. SEE SOT FOR ADDITIONAL.
HANDLING AGENCIES: HPD VCD
SOT(s): SGT D ROSE, HPD VCD
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