{"id":246263,"date":"2026-04-12T12:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/246263\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T12:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T12:00:08","slug":"driver-killed-after-speeding-car-crashes-into-two-18-wheelers-hpd-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/246263\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver killed after speeding car crashes into two 18-wheelers, HPD says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The driver of the Cadillac was pronounced dead at the scene. No one else was in that vehicle. The driver has not yet been identified.<\/p>\n<p>HOUSTON \u2014 A driver is dead after crashing into two 18-wheelers at a high rate of speed in northeast Houston Saturday night, police say.<\/p>\n<p>The crash happened around 10 p.m. on Wallisville Road near Kress Street.<\/p>\n<p>The Houston Police Department said witnesses reported a red Cadillac speeding down Wallisville before slamming into the first 18-wheeler. HPD said the car went underneath one of the 18-wheeler&#8217;s tires, continued on, and hit another 18-wheeler before coming to a stop.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the Cadillac was pronounced dead at the scene. No one else was in that vehicle. The driver has not yet been identified.<\/p>\n<p>Police said neither of the 18-wheeler drivers showed signs of intoxication.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation into the crash is underway.<\/p>\n<p>Got a news tip or story idea? Email us at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.khou.com\/article\/news\/local\/wallisville-road-crash-houston\/mailto:newstips@khou.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">newstips@khou.com<\/a>\u00a0or call 713-521-4310 and include your name and the best way to reach you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The driver of the Cadillac was pronounced dead at the scene. No one else was in that vehicle.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246264,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":{"0":"post-246263","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\/246263","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=246263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}