{"id":375605,"date":"2026-07-16T16:01:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T16:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/375605\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T16:01:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T16:01:10","slug":"driver-killed-when-car-slams-into-utility-pole-in-northeast-harris-county-authorities-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/375605\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver killed when car slams into utility pole in northeast Harris County, authorities say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; A 48-year-old man was killed when his vehicle slammed into a power pole overnight in northeast Harris County, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Harris County Sheriff&#8217;s Office said deputies with the Precinct 3 constable&#8217;s office were dispatched to the 14000 block of W. Lake Houston Parkway to a single-vehicle crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The driver was pronounced dead at the scene, HCSO said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">According to an investigation, the man was driving southbound at a high speed when he failed to drive in a single lane, left the roadway, and hit a utility pole. Authorities said no other vehicle was involved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">CenterPoint was called out to the scene to assess the utility pole, but authorities said they didn&#8217;t see any obvious damage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Alcohol is not believed to be a factor, but authorities say that high speed could be one of the main factors. It was added that at the time of the crash, it was very dark and there were limited street lights.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; A 48-year-old man was killed when his vehicle slammed into a power pole&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375606,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[132826,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-375605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-132826","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375605","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=375605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}