Two people dead, one injured after crash involving wrong-way driver in southeast Houston
HOUSTON - At least two people are dead after a wrong-way driver crashed on 288 near Almeda Genoa Tuesday night.
Houston Police say they began receiving calls for a wrong-way driver on 288 near the Beltway, followed by calls from 288 at Almeda Genoa around 10:25 p.m.
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Officers began circulating the area looking for the driver of a black Mazda 3 traveling northbound in the southbound toll lanes of 288. Their search was unsuccessful.
The Mazda then struck a red Honda Accord on the 7400 block of 288, and flipped hitting the median.
That's when a woman called 911 claiming that she was hit by a wrong-way driver and that she was pinned in her vehicle.
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Houston Fire Dept. and HPD responded to the scene and cut the woman from her vehicle. She was then transported to a nearby hospital with a broken leg.
The Mazda's female driver, 21, and her female passenger, 25, were pronounced dead at the scene.
The investigation is continuing.