TWO MORE UNDERRIDING
DEATHS IN TEXAS: TWO KILLED ON SAM HOUSTON PARKWAY AFTER SLAMMING INTO A STOPPED
18-WHEELER. THE TRAILER APPEARED TO HAVE
VERY MINIMAL REFLECTIVE SIGNS AND/OR LIGHTS.
January 24, 2015
HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS
Two people were killed early Saturday when a Chevrolet
Impala slammed into the back of an 18-wheeler truck towing a flatbed trailer on
the East Sam Houston Parkway North feeder road near Tidwell Road, the Harris
County Sheriff's Office said.
The driver of the rig had stopped looking for an address
at about 3 a.m. when the wreck occurred. The occupants of the Impala have not
been identified pending notification of their relatives. Traffic was slow on
the feeder road, two lanes of which was shut down for several hours.
The 18-wheeler's trailer appeared to have minimal; lights and/or reflective signs.