Houston police are asking for information after a man hit twice by two vehicles died on Southwest Freeway and one driver left the scene without rendering aid.
Houston police are investigating a deadly crash from Sunday evening in the 6000 block of the Southwest Freeway service road.Around 8:05 p.m., the Houston Police Department stated a 31-year-old man was hit while running across the exit lane of the freeway by a red Hyundai Elantra that was exiting.RELATED: Man charged with murder, intoxicated assault for wrong-way crash on Eastex FreewayThe impact pushed the man back into the service road lanes, where he was hit again by a white vehicle.
The driver of the white vehicle left the scene without stopping to help.Houston Fire Department paramedics arrived at the scene and pronounced the pedestrian dead at the scene.Get news, weather and so much more on the new FOX LOCAL appPolice say the 70-year-old male driver of the Hyundai remained at the scene and was questioned by police. Authorities determined he was not impaired, and he was released.
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