2 teen suspects hit, killed on SH 288; woman, another teen arrested
HOUSTON - Two teen girls are dead, and two other people are in custody after a police chase turned into a crash on SH 288 on Thursday night.
Highway 288 crash: 2 girls dead after car chase
What we know:
The fatal crash happened at about 9:30 p.m. Thursday on Highway 288 near Elgin Street.
According to police, the incident started at about 9:15 p.m. when officers received a call about a shoplifting incident on Westheimer Road.
Officers located the suspect's vehicle after getting a description and attempted to stop it at South Rice and Westpark Drive. The suspect allegedly did not comply with a traffic stop and led officers on a chase.
The vehicle got onto I-69 going northbound and, as they approached the I-45 interchange, the suspect's vehicle was involved in a minor accident with another vehicle, authorities reported.
Houston police say the suspect vehicle stopped and four occupants, all female, got out. They all allegedly ran across I-69 and got onto SH-288.
Photo from the scene (Source: Houston Transtar)
The group then started to cross the southbound lanes of 288, but two of them, 15 and 16 years old, were hit by oncoming traffic. Police say the two girls were pronounced deceased at the scene.
The other two suspects, later identified as 30-year-old Deandra Cooke and a 16-year-old girl, were taken into custody, police say. Both are said to be charged with evading arrest.
(Mugshot courtesy of the Houston Police Department)
What we don't know:
Police will not identify any of the teens accused in this incident.
The Source: Houston Police Department