Driver dies after crashing into tree in northeast Houston Crash occurred near Tidwell Road and Wayside Drive early Sunday morning
HOUSTON – A driver is dead after crashing into a tree in northeast Houston Sunday morning.
Houston Police said a call came in around 3:43 a.m. reporting that a red Honda Civic crashed into a tree near Tidwell Road and Wayside Drive.
According to police, the caller stated the driver was trapped inside the vehicle and not breathing.
The medical examiner’s office pronounced the driver deceased at the location.
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