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SUV Launches Over Embankment onto I‑10 and Strikes Another Vehicle

HPD says speed likely caused the crash, prompting a Vehicular Crimes Division probe with a public tip line.

Overview

  • Police say a blue Ford SUV left a nearby feeder road, went airborne over an embankment, landed on eastbound I‑10 and struck a vehicle that had four occupants.
  • Emergency crews took the SUV driver to hospital in critical condition and transported two people from the struck vehicle to hospitals in stable condition.
  • Houston Police Department detectives have opened a Vehicular Crimes Division investigation and are asking witnesses to call the tip line at 713-247-4072.
  • Officials cite speed as an apparent contributing factor but have not released toxicology results or a full crash reconstruction, and no identities or charges have been disclosed.
  • Feeder roads and embankments along the East Freeway can allow out-of-control vehicles to cross into freeway lanes, and investigators say forensic work and medical stabilizations will guide next steps.