{"id":412648,"date":"2026-08-21T06:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T06:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/412648\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T06:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T06:50:12","slug":"houston-crash-harvard-elementary-school-crossing-guard-struck-by-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/412648\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston crash: Harvard Elementary School crossing guard struck by vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/default-image.png\" alt=\"Livestream\" class=\"livestream-poster-image\" data-v-b993be58=\"\"\/>       <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">HOUSTON &#8211; The Houston Police Department is investigating after a crossing guard was struck by a vehicle on Thursday afternoon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   Harvard Elementary School crossing guard struck by vehicle\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">According to the Houston Independent School District, a Harvard Elementary School crossing guard was struck by a vehicle at the intersection of East Ninth Street and Harvard Street.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">School officials said the crossing guard was alert and responsive following the crash.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The crossing guard was taken to the hospital for further evaluation.\u00a0<\/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=\"\">School officials did not say what type of vehicle was involved in the crash or if the driver remained on the scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The name of the crossing guard has not been released by authorities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;We are grateful for the crossing guards who help keep our students and families safe each and every day,&#8221; Houston ISD said in a release.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Houston Independent School District release\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <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\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/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; The Houston Police Department is investigating after a crossing guard was struck by a vehicle on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138573,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57,223,2053,216,393],"class_list":["post-412648","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-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412648","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=412648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}