HOUSTON – Police are asking drivers and pedestrians to be careful after two accidents that happened six hours apart on the Gulf Freeway.
According to investigators, a man was seen running south in the northbound lanes on the Gulf Freeway around 2:20 a.m. Monday. Witnesses said the man was struck by two vehicles and he died at the scene.
Officers said another accident happened around 8:15 p.m. Sunday. According to investigators, the driver of a pickup truck stopped when he saw a woman walking eastbound across the freeway. Police said that caused a chain reaction behind him and four vehicles were involved in a crash. After that initial collision, police say that an unknown vehicle hit the woman. The 47-year-old woman died at the hospital the next morning, police said Tuesday. Police said the driver of the vehicle that hit the woman took off. Police are reviewing dashcam video to try to identify that driver.
Detectives say if all vehicles would have stayed at the scene, no one would be charged in that case because pedestrians don’t have the right of way on the freeway.
