1 person dead after 2-vehicle crash involving 18-wheeler in NE Houston
One person is dead after a two-vehicle crash that involved an 18-wheeler on Tuesday in northeast Houston, according to the Houston Police Department. (KPRC)
HOUSTON – One person is dead after a two-vehicle crash that involved an 18-wheeler on Tuesday in northeast Houston, according to the Houston Police Department.
Officers were dispatched around 6:40 a.m. to the 200 block of McCarty Steet near Portwall Street due to the crash.
An 18-wheeler collided with a pickup truck in the area. No other details about the crash were released.
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