{"id":428031,"date":"2026-09-06T12:40:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T12:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/428031\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T12:40:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T12:40:59","slug":"houston-police-pedestrian-killed-in-crash-on-cullen-boulevard-driver-arrested-for-dwi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/428031\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Police: Pedestrian killed in crash on Cullen Boulevard, driver arrested for DWI"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police say the driver could face an intoxication manslaughter charge as investigators review surveillance video and other factors<\/p>\n

\"\"A pedestrian was struck and killed Friday night after entering an active traffic lane on Cullen Boulevard near Bellfort Avenue outside a marked crosswalk; he was taken to Ben Taub Hospital where he later died. (OnScene, Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston – All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n

HOUSTON \u2013 A pedestrian was killed Friday night after being struck by a vehicle near Cullen Boulevard and Bellfort Avenue, according to the Houston Police Department<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The man was crossing Cullen outside a marked crosswalk and entered an active traffic lane around 9:46 p.m. A northbound vehicle hit him, and the driver remained at the scene and cooperated with investigators.<\/p>\n

The pedestrian was taken to Ben Taub Hospital, where he later died despite life-saving efforts.<\/p>\n

Police said the driver was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Investigators are reviewing surveillance footage and working to determine whether speed or other circumstances contributed to the crash.<\/p>\n

The DWI charge could be upgraded to intoxication manslaughter as the investigation continues, investigators said. <\/p>\n

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About the AuthorChristian Hudspeth<\/a><\/p>\n

Christian Hudspeth is a Houston native who joined KPRC 2 News in December 2025. Christian began his news career at KTRK in 2022 before moving to newsrooms in Waco, Texas (KXXV), Las Vegas, Nevada (KTNV), and now back to H-Town. He earned his BA at the University of Houston Jack J. Valenti School of Communication in 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police say the driver could face an intoxication manslaughter charge as investigators review surveillance video and other factors…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428032,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[31740,10813,11514,56,58,57,2543,5171],"class_list":["post-428031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-crashes","tag-crimes","tag-fatal-crashes","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-houston-police-department","tag-hpd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428031","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=428031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}