Drunken man breaks into stranger's house after deadly crash in Northwest Houston, according to deputies
HOUSTON - The Harris County Sheriff's Office is investigating a deadly crash on Thursday involving an intoxicated man driving a BMW on Killough Street into a home's yard.
Deputies say around 4 a.m. a man was driving over the speed limit on Killough Street with a female passenger inside and crashed into the fence of a business in the area.
The man continued driving until he hit a tree.
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After hitting the tree, officials say the man continued driving and eventually crashed into a culvert where the road split, sending the car flying over a bayou.
"He jumped through the ditch on the other side, all the way down there," said Edgar Fuentes, a neighbor living near the bayou. "We thought he was going to land right there in the middle of the ditch or something, but he didn’t. He crossed over and landed on the other side. That was, that was really bad."
According to HCSO, the driver's car landed on a home's fence and was seen flipped over in the yard.
The man then got out of his car and broke into the home, scaring the family inside.
"He break in there," said Carlos Suarec, the homeowner. "I know someone try to break into my window. I never know the car was here."
Deputies say the family called officials and evacuated the house. One of the family members told deputies a man was lying unconscious inside their house.
"I go inside, and the police come, and they say stay there. Maybe five, six police go in and try to find him in the house," said Suarec.
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HSCO officers arrived on the scene and found the man lying in one of the family's bedrooms. Deputies also found the woman inside the BMW, and pronounced her dead at the scene.
"To go from here to here, they were running to me more than 120ish per hour. To break all this gate, you know all this fence, and you know you can see here pieces of the BMW," said one of Saurec's employees.
Authorities said the man is expected to be charged with intoxication manslaughter.
"There's no reason at all to drive while intoxicated. 2023 almost 2024, we have Uber, we have Lyft's. Heck, call 911, and we'll come get you," said Sergeant Bondurant, of the Harris County Sheriff's Office Vehicular Crimes Division.