Woman dies while trying to cross Harris County highway

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Investigators say a woman was struck and killed while trying to cross a busy road Sunday morning.

It happened around 2am in the 4100 block of Highway 6 near Clay Road in west Harris County.

Deputies say the victim was walking westbound across Highway 6 when she was struck by a southbound Toyota Camry.

The driver stopped at the scene and waited for crews to arrive.

The woman was dead by the time crews arrived.

Investigators say no charges are expected against the driver. The crash remains under investigation.

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Clear Lake teens accused in cross burning incident

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Two Clear Lake teens are accused of burning a cross in a family's front yard.

On June 14, a driver crashed through the fence at a home and left the scene without giving information. The homeowner's nephew, who attends Clear Lake High School, reportedly learned that Zachary Neal Dollar was the driver of the car. According to court documents, the homeowner called police with the information, and then Dollar and his father gave the homeowner the necessary information and paid for the fence repair.

Two weeks later, on June 28, tires were slashed and a burning cross was left in the front yard of the home where the nephew lives.

When police initially interviewed Dollar, he denied any involvement in the incident, court documents state. But shortly after, he reportedly confessed to building the cross from old fence pickets, dousing it with lighter fluid and lighting it on fire at the home. He said Nicholas Wayne Rose Soto commited the crime with him. Both teens said the other was responsible for slashing the tires.

Dollar and Rose Soto both deny that the burned cross had anything to do with race. Instead, according to court documents, they did it in order to scare the teen because they claim he attempted to blackmail Dollar, allegedly asking for money in order to keep quiet with the information about the fence crash.

Dollar and Rose Soto, both 18, are both charged with retaliation or obstruction, a felony charge.

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Pedestrian killed while trying to cross highway

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A man was hit and killed by a car early this morning while attempting to cross more than three lanes of traffic, officials said.

It happened in northwest Harris County on Highway 249 near Breen.

Deputies say the man was trying to get across the highway when he was hit by a car.

His body hit the windshield and flew over the vehicle. He died at the scene.

Deputies say the driver passed a field sobriety test and will not face charges.

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Pedestrian killed while trying to cross Hillcroft

Police say the victim was trying to cross the street when he walked out in front of a car.

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A man is dead after he was struck by a car in southwest Houston last night.

It happened around 8pm on Hillcroft at Skyline. Police say the man was on a median and stepped on to the street. He was hit and killed instantly.

"She stopped, stayed at the scene. She was very cooperative and no signs of impairments, no signs of speed involved in the vehicle," said Jim Timpy with the Houston Police Department. "So we are just conducting an investigation and getting all the facts in the case."

A total of three people were in the car, including a baby. They were not hurt.

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Displaced residents stay at Red Cross shelter

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- People displaced by the floods spent the night at a Red Cross shelter.

The Red Cross set up this shelter at Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church on Reed near Cullen. Although there are only a few cars in the parking lot more than 40 people, including some children were asleep inside.

The Red Cross says it's too early to tell if the shelter will close later today.

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