{"id":233303,"date":"2026-04-03T10:40:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T10:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/233303\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T10:40:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T10:40:32","slug":"1-dead-several-hurt-in-crash-near-downtown-houston-intersection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/233303\/","title":{"rendered":"1 dead, several hurt in crash near downtown Houston intersection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A deadly crash near downtown Houston left one person dead and several others hurt overnight. Investigators are now trying to determine what caused it.<\/p>\n<p>HOUSTON \u2014 A deadly overnight crash near east downtown Houston left one person dead and several others hurt, with police now working to determine what led up to the collision.<\/p>\n<p>The crash happened just after midnight early Friday at the intersection of Pierce Street and Hutchins Street, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators said two cars collided at the intersection.<\/p>\n<p>Six people were taken to the hospital following the crash, including five people who were inside one of the vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>One of those passengers later died at the hospital. Another person remains in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have not released additional details about the victims.<\/p>\n<p>Police are continuing to investigate what caused the crash.<\/p>\n<p>Got a news tip or story idea? Email us at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.khou.com\/article\/news\/local\/houston-fatal-crash-pierce-hutchins-downtown\/mailto:newstips@khou.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">newstips@khou.com<\/a>\u00a0or call 713-521-4310 and include the best way to reach you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A deadly crash near downtown Houston left one person dead and several others hurt overnight. Investigators are now&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233304,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":{"0":"post-233303","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-houston","9":"tag-houston-headlines","10":"tag-houston-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}