Wrong-way driver kills innocent man, blames her GPS for taking her in the wrong direction in The Heights

HOUSTON – A man is now dead after police said a wrong-way driver collided with him head-on in the Heights.

The crash reportedly took place on N Shepard Drive at West 7th Street.

According to Houston police, a woman was headed the wrong way down Shepard when she collided with the driver who was headed northbound.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene.

When investigators interviewed the at-fault driver, she reportedly blamed her GPS for taking her in the wrong direction.


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