Traffic alert: Person on E. Loop near Wallisville Road hit, killed while trying to help driver, HPD says
A person who got out of a vehicle to help someone on the North Loop was hit and killed by a passing vehicle, Houston police said on Monday.A person hit and killed on the North I-610 Loop on Monday night was out on the freeway to help another driver when he was fatally struck in a chain-reaction crash, Houston police said.Police originally reported the call as a major crash involving two cars at about 7:21 p.m. One person was pronounced dead at the scene.
Houston police later revealed their preliminary findings involving the victim who was assisting someone change a flat tire on the freeway. Another driver hit a truck two lanes over causing the pickup to plow into the victim.Police later learned that the driver who hit the assisting motorist took off without stopping. As of 10 p.m., police have not found that person.
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