HOUSTON -- A 4-year-old boy died Monday after three others were killed in a three-vehicle collision caused by a driver who was fleeing from another wreck, police told KPRC Local 2.

Houston police said the wreck happened on the Eastex Freeway near Rankin Road at about 3:30 p.m. Sunday.

The boy and a 10-year-old girl were transported by helicopter to Memorial Hermann Hospital. The girl was last reported to be in critical condition. Another child, who was transported to a hospital by ambulance, were seriously injured.

Detectives said Eddie Golden, 30, made a U-turn in the northbound lanes of the freeway and hit a Ford Taurus and a Pontiac. Police said he was fleeing the scene of a hit-and-run about eight miles away. He was killed in the wreck.

Two women in the Taurus were killed. Their identities were not released.

A woman in the Pontiac was transported to a nearby hospital with minor injuries.

Golden's mother said her son was on his way to his sister's house.

"What made my son decide to make a U-turn, I don't know," Golden's mother said. "I don't know whether he was scared of the wreck he had before and was running."

"I want to apologize to that other ladies that died also and especially to those three little kids," Golden's mother said. "They were innocent."