{"id":421173,"date":"2026-08-30T17:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T17:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/421173\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T17:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T17:50:12","slug":"driver-dies-after-crashing-into-pole-near-houston-south-loop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/421173\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver dies after crashing into pole near Houston South Loop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1788112210_23_default-image.png\" alt=\"Livestream\" class=\"livestream-poster-image\" data-v-0c9d18f6=\"\"\/>       <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">HOUSTON &#8211; Traffic was blocked off on 610 early Sunday after a driver fatally struck a pole in southwest Houston.<\/p>\n<p>   Southwest Houston: Deadly crash near 610 Loop <\/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 1 a.m. Sunday on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/2500+S+Loop+W,+Houston,+TX+77054\/@29.6806272,-95.4264801,15.21z\/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x8640c02079d12fa1:0xb0c873aa868335dc!8m2!3d29.6786676!4d-95.4169565!16s%2Fg%2F11bw40x0y0?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDgyNi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">I-610 feeder road near Kirby Drive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Houston Police say a Porsche coupe had just exited the freeway toward Kirby and was reportedly speeding on the feeder before the driver lost control. The vehicle then struck a curb, went airborne, and crashed into a pole.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The driver was pronounced deceased at the scene. Police at the scene said the driver appeared to have been the only person in the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/s-loop.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The crash caused some power lines to go down and lie across 610, so the freeway was closed off. The scene has since been cleared.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Police at the scene said the downed lines did not affect electrical service in the area.<\/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 not clear if any other factors besides speeding contributed 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; Traffic was blocked off on 610 early Sunday after a driver fatally struck a pole in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421174,"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-421173","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\/421173","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=421173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}