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Monday, May 23, 2011

HCSO: Speed, alcohol tied to fatal accident

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Harris County Sheriff's Office investigators believe speed and alcohol played roles a fatal accident early Sunday.

The accident happened around 2:15am Sunday on U.S. 290 inbound at Fairfield Place.

According to HCSO, a silver pickup truck was traveling east at a high rate of speed.

The pickup rear-ended a sports utility vehicle that was driving in the same lane, officials said.

The driver veered to the right after hitting the SUV, going into the grassy embankment. The truck rolled several times and landed upside-down on the feeder road.

Investigators said the driver of the truck was ejected as it was rolling. He was taken by LifeFlight to Memorial Hermann Hospital in critical condition where he later died.

The driver of the SUV was not injured.

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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Alcohol possible factor in three-vehicle accident

A three-car pileup on the Southwest Freeway near the Shepherd exit caused a major backup on the highway Tuesday afternoon.

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A three-vehicle accident on the Southwest Freeway had traffic at a standstill Tuesday evening.

All three vehicles flipped over on the outbound lanes of 59 near Shepherd. Police arrested a driver who may have been drinking. They say he hit a vehicle and caused the other crashes.

"Saw the cars turn over. It was a domino effect. One hit the other," said witness Alicia Gainer. "It went flying, turned over, the other one went flying and turned over and I ran down and basically assisted with the first car with the lady that was stuck in it."

The accident caused a big traffic backup for a couple of hours. We do not know the extent of injuries to those in the crash.