Woman in pickup flees after running over constable's foot outside school

HOUSTON – A Precinct 6 deputy constable was injured Thursday when a driver struck her outside of a school in northwest Houston, authorities said.

The constable was directing morning traffic outside KIPP Academy in the 500 block of Tidwell when a woman driving a pickup truck tried to go around her.

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The pickup driver ran over the officer's foot, then fled the scene.

The constable was not seriously injured, but transported to Northwest Hospital as a precaution.

Anyone with information is urged to call Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.