{"id":417255,"date":"2026-08-26T13:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T13:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/417255\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T13:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T13:44:11","slug":"alleged-drunk-driver-killed-after-crashing-into-usps-18-wheeler-on-west-sam-houston-tollway-pct-5-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/417255\/","title":{"rendered":"Alleged drunk driver killed after crashing into USPS 18-wheeler on West Sam Houston Tollway, Pct. 5 says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KTRK logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/origin-ktrk.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, August 26, 2026 11:37AM<\/p>\n<p>Watch Eyewitness News and ABC13 originals around the clock<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; A deadly crash involving an alleged drunk driver shut down part of the West Sam Houston Tollway on Tuesday night, the Harris County Pct. 5 Constable&#8217;s Office said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Pct. 5 deputies said the alleged drunk driver was in a black Honda SUV when they ran into the back of a U.S. Postal Service 18-wheeler at around 10 p.m. near Briar Forest on the west side.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The alleged drunk driver was ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene, authorities said. Pct. 5 said other passengers in the SUV sustained minor injuries in the crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">ABC13 crews captured the aftermath of the crash on video, showing the SUV on top of the barrier and the postal service truck turned over.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Video from Wednesday morning showed crews working to clear debris and repair a guardrail damaged in the wreck.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wednesday, August 26, 2026 11:37AM Watch Eyewitness News and ABC13 originals around the clock HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417256,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[145377,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-417255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-145377","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417255","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=417255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}