HOUSTON – An officer with the Houston Police Department and two wrecker drivers were hit after responding to two crashes in the Galleria area Friday, according to HPD.
It happened in the 4900 block of Hidalgo around 3 a.m.
Second ambulance is leaving the scene.
— Zach Lashway (@KPRC2Zach) March 18, 2022
I spoke with an officer. He says there were three crashes. One car hit the wall, another car then crashed into that incident, a third car came along and crashed into a responding officer. @KPRC2 pic.twitter.com/KwAd4VS5g8
According to investigators, there were three crashes. Police said a Honda Accord hit a wall around 2 a.m. near Hidalgo and Post Oak Boulevard. A Jeep then crashed into that scene. A third vehicle, another Honda, came along and crashed into the responding officer and wrecker, police said. The vehicle that hit the officer and wrecker lost control coming off southbound 610 at the Richmond exit and struck them, HPD said.
Police said one officer was transported from the scene with non-life-threatening injuries. KPRC 2′s Zach Lashway said the driver of the Jeep was also transported to the hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries and, according to HPD, that person may have been under the influence.
The two wrecker drivers sustained minor injuries but were not transported to the hospital.
The Hidalgo and Post Oak intersection has reopened.