HOUSTON – An elderly man is dead after a hit-and-run crash involving two vehicles near Houston’s South Side and Astrodome area on Sunday evening, police say.<\/p>\n
Deadly pedestrian crash <\/p>\n
What we know:<\/p>\n
Houston Police Department Sergeant David Rose reports they were called to a crash in the southbound lanes of Highway 288 near Holly Hall around 8:20 p.m.<\/p>\n
Witnesses said they saw an elderly man on the shoulder of the main lanes, and he had walked into the main lanes of the freeway. According to Sgt. Rose, a vehicle had hit the man and sent him into another lane, where he was hit by a Toyota Tundra.<\/p>\n
Sgt. Rose says the first vehicle left the scene, but the second vehicle had a family inside and stopped.<\/p>\n
Several of the family members suffered severe injuries, and one juvenile had chopped their tooth, officials said.<\/p>\n
If the first vehicle is found, the driver will face a failure to stop and render aid charge, according to HPD.<\/p>\n
Sgt. Rose states he doesn’t believe the elderly man was intoxicated. Officials later learned he was 66-years-old.<\/p>\n
What we don’t know:<\/p>\n
It is unclear why the elderly man could have been in the main lanes.<\/p>\n
The Source: Information from this article provided by Houston Police Department Sergeant David Rose.<\/p>\n
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