{"id":387134,"date":"2026-07-26T17:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T17:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/387134\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T17:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T17:54:08","slug":"driver-dies-in-east-houston-after-crashing-into-18-wheeler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/387134\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver dies in east Houston after crashing into 18-wheeler"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">HOUSTON &#8211; One person is dead after their vehicle crashed into an 18-wheeler in east Houston early Sunday morning, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>   Houston: Deadly crash on Dorsett <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The crash was reported at around 3:30 a.m. Sunday on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/1600+Dorsett+Ave,+Houston,+TX+77020\/@29.7632745,-95.291482,16.25z\/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x8640bc6d043bf1c5:0x98a71c85bef62f7c!8m2!3d29.7619537!4d-95.2871296?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDcyMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Dorsett Avenue near Pillot Street<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Officials at the scene believe a vehicle was moving north on Dorsett when it struck an 18-wheeler that was parked on the side of the road.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The vehicle reportedly ended up in the grass near the scene and caught fire.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dorsett.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Police say the driver was the only person in the vehicle when the crash happened. The driver was pronounced deceased at the scene.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The driver has not been identified at this time.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">It&#8217;s unclear what led up to the crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: OnScene and Houston Police<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/traffic\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Traffic<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/houston\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/top-stories\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Top Stories<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON &#8211; One person is dead after their vehicle crashed into an 18-wheeler in east Houston early Sunday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387135,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57,223,2053,272,216,393],"class_list":["post-387134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-traffic","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387134","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=387134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}