Overview
- Police say a sports car traveling east in the westbound lanes of I-10 near Lockwood drifted into oncoming traffic and hit a Kia head-on just after midnight.
- The sports car burst into flames and its male driver was trapped and pronounced dead at the scene, according to Houston firefighters.
- The Kia’s driver, a woman, was found unconscious and was taken to Ben Taub Hospital in critical condition.
- Investigators report the sports car had no license plate and will be impounded to recover its VIN to identify the driver and determine ownership.
- HPD is reviewing a possible connection to an earlier wrong-way report on U.S. 59, and westbound lanes reopened after about 6:30 a.m.