Person trapped under bus, killed in crash

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Authorities are investigating a fatal multi-vehicle accident involving a METRO bus in northwest Houston.

It happened just before 1:30pm Sunday in the 200 block of Interstate 45 North at Cottage.

According to a METRO spokesperson, a vehicle was stalled in a lane due to a flat tire. A second vehicle rear-ended it, causing a chain-reaction crash involving a total of four vehicles, officials said.

A pedestrian was struck in the crash and was reportedly trapped under a METRO bus. That man died at the scene, officials said.

Five others were injured in the string of accidents. Authorities said four were transported with non-life-threatenig inuries and the fifth was treated at the scene and released.

Investigators shut down the roadway for a couple hours while they investigated and cleared the wreckage. METRO police are investigating the incident.

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Firefighters rescue woman trapped in tree

A woman is carried away on a stretcher after being rescued from a tree in Porter. Officials say she was the second person in two days to be rescued from the same tree

  PORTER, TX (KTRK) -- A home in Porter has become all too familiar to local firefighters. They've been there two days in a row to rescue someone stuck in a tree.

Homeowner Morning Starr Gardner says a woman she hired to trim her tree was trapped 25 feet above ground this afternoon.

The woman tied herself to the tree for safety reasons, but she became tangled in the rope when part of the tree fell.

Crews used a ladder to bring the woman down.

She was airlifted to the hospital to be treated for her injuries.

This was the second attempt to trim the tree.

Gardner says the woman's husband got stuck in the same tree just yesterday.

"They climbed the tree. They were bringing branches down. They were doing all right," Gardner said. "Then I hear, 'call 911" because he had cut his hand open."

Gardner says the man lost the tips of three fingers when the chainsaw he was using slipped.

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Trapped driver rescued, rushed to hospital after crash

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- At least one person was injured in a crash on Interstate 10 at Gessner on Saturday morning.

It happened around 4am at the intersection of the I-10 feeder road and Gessner.

Emergency responders found a two-vehicle collision with a trapped driver in one of the vehicles.

Firefighters worked to free the man. He was rushed to a nearby hospital in unknown condition.

There was no word on fault or injuries.

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