HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A motorcycle rider pulling over for a Houston police officer was killed overnight when another vehicle hit his bike. It happened on the South Freeway near Yellowstone on Houston's south side at around 1:30am. An HPD officer spotted the motorcyclist on the feeder road. They say he was running red lights.
The officer signaled to the motorcyclist to pull over, and the rider stopped at a narrow, one-lane entrance ramp. That's when officers say another driver in a pickup truck sideswiped the HPD patrol unit and hit the motorcyclist, who died at the scene.
"A blue Chevy truck came from behind and sideswiped the officer's vehicle, then ran over the individual that was on the motorcycle," said Sgt. S. George with the Houston Police Department. "He was killed at the scene."
No officers were hurt. Police say they were going to ask the motorcyclist to pull over in a different, safer place just before the accident happened.
The pickup truck driver was taken to Ben Taub Hospital with minor injuries. According to police, that driver had a blood-alcohol level beyond the legal limit and now faces charges.
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