HOUSTON – One person is dead in a crash Wednesday night on the Grand Parkway in west Harris County, deputies said.
The crash happened on Highway 99 north between Beckendorf and Freeman around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Authorities told KPRC2 a 34-year-old woman driving a Lexus was going northbound on the Grand Parkway when she lost control of the vehicle, flipped over and landed on top of a pickup truck also headed north.
Police said the woman struck a safety barricade with the left front portion of the Lexus, which caused the car to rotate counterclockwise and become airborne.
The Lexus landed on the roof of the pickup, crushing it. The 38-year-old man driving the pickup truck was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.
The woman was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Alcohol or drugs are not believed to have been a factor in the crash.
Debris is scattered on the highway about a half-mile.
All northbound lanes are closed and only one southbound lane is open during the investigation.
This is the second deadly crash in the past two and a half months.
Two people were killed in a multi-vehicle accident on the Grand Parkway in December 2018. In that accident, authorities said a vehicle crossed the median, flew into the air and smashed into two vehicles, killing two people.
The man who prosecutors said was the at-fault driver was later indicted.
Grand Parkway deadly accidents investigated
KPRC Channel 2 Investigates looked into deadly accidents on the Grand Parkway.
TXDOT records reveal 16 fatal accidents on The Grand Parkway between 2010-17
[Click here to view a list of additional accidents not listed in map above.]
Here's a look at the deaths by year on the Grand Parkway:
- 2010: 2
- 2011: 1
- 2012: 3
- 2013: 2
- 2014: 3
- 2015: 5
- 2016: 3
- 2017: 5