HOUSTON – A driver and a horse were killed in an accident in northwest Houston Sunday night.
Officers said a man was driving a Chevy Tahoe westbound in the 900 block of West Little York Road near Knox Street about 8:10 p.m. when he struck a man riding a horse.
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The rider was thrown from the horse's back.
The SUV left the roadway, then ran into a fence and a pole. The SUV driver was rushed to Ben Taub Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The rider was also taken to Ben Taub Hospital, but with non-life threatening injuries.
The horse died at the scene.