Stranded driver struck and killed on N. Loop

The driver on an Infiniti was killed on impact early Wednesday morning on the North Loop near Ella.

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Houston police are investigating a traffic accident in which a stranded driver was struck and killed.

Police say at about 1:30 this morning, the victim and his passenger were in a silver Infiniti G35 stalled out in the eastbound lanes of the 610 North Loop West near Ella when their vehicle was struck from behind by a black Dodge Charger.

The 19-year-old male victim was pronounced dead at the scene. His identity is pending verification by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.

A second victim, a female passenger, was transported to Memorial Hermann Hospital with non life-threatening injuries.

The female driver of the Dodge was transported to Memorial Hermann Hospital for a mandatory blood test.

No charges have been filed at this time, as the investigation is continuing.

The accident was cleared just after 5am.

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Houstonian stranded in car in Idaho dairy pond

  BURLEY, ID -- Officials in south-central Idaho say a Houston woman may have spent up to a week in a rental car stuck in a dairy wastewater pond after taking a wrong turn as she searched for a hotel in Burley.

Cassia County officials say 61-year-old Lynn S. Keesler of Houston was evaluated by emergency medical technicians, but refused to go to the hospital.

The sheriff's report says Keesler thought she had been stranded for three to five days, but a deputy gave her directions to the hotels in Burley on Jan. 15. She walked to a nearby house for help on Jan. 22.

The Times-News reports the woman told officers she lived on M&Ms and water and stayed in the car because she'd been told not to leave her vehicle if she became stranded. (Copyright ©2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) Get more Local »

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Woman dies helping stranded driver in Conroe

  CONROE, TX (KTRK) -- A woman from Willis was killed driving home from her own birthday party last night.

Tammy Rhoades was out celebrating her 45th birthday when she pulled over to help a stranded driver on Interstate 45 near FM 3083.

The first driver got a flat tire in the construction zone in Conroe and stopped in a moving lane of traffic. Rhoades pulled behind him and put her flashers on

The driver of a third vehicle then plowed into the back of Rhoades' vehicle, smashing it so badly that the back seat ended up in the front seat.

Later, Conroe police arrested 21-year-old driver Tyler Shelton. He's charged with intoxication manslaughter.

Police advise anyone who gets a flat tire along the construction zone on I-45 in Conroe to keep driving on their bad wheel until they can get to an area of the freeway to exit.

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