One teenager is dead and three others were hospitalized after a vehicle carrying five teens crashed while fleeing from Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputies in north Houston late Wednesday night.
According to HCSO, deputies received a call around 11 p.m. about a parking lot takeover in the Veterans Memorial and FM 1960 area. Witnesses reported vehicles doing donuts and speeding through the parking lot, with passengers reportedly sitting on the doors of some of the vehicles.
An HCSO unit arrived around 11:05 p.m. and found vehicles doing donuts in the parking lot.
Deputies attempted to stop one of the vehicles, but the driver fled, heading eastbound on FM 1960 before turning south onto Ella Boulevard.
HCSO said the vehicle’s driver turned off the vehicle’s lights while fleeing. The driver then hit a curb or median and lost control while traveling at a high rate of speed.
The vehicle overturned in the 16500 block of Ella Boulevard.
Five teens were inside the vehicle, according to HCSO. Three were taken to area hospitals for treatment. A fourth teen was pronounced dead at the scene by EMS.
The fifth teen reportedly ran from the crash scene.
HCSO deputies searched the area with the help of a helicopter and K-9 units as they worked to locate the juvenile who fled.
Authorities were also working to identify the driver of the vehicle.
HCSO said guns were found inside the vehicle.
The investigation remains ongoing.
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