{"id":428369,"date":"2026-09-06T23:52:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T23:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/428369\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T23:52:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T23:52:15","slug":"woman-killed-while-crossing-westheimer-road-outside-crosswalk-near-houston-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/428369\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman killed while crossing Westheimer Road outside crosswalk near Houston club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">HOUSTON \u2013 A woman died after being struck by a vehicle while attempting to cross Westheimer Road in west Houston late Saturday night, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/topic\/Houston_Police_Department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Houston Police Department<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The crash happened around 11:51 p.m. near the 12900 block of Westheimer Road. Investigators said a group of women was crossing the roadway to reach a nearby club. The group was not using a designated crosswalk when a vehicle hit one of the women.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The woman was taken to a hospital with critical injuries, where she was later pronounced dead. Police said she appeared to be in her 20s, and they withholding her identity until next of kin is notified.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The driver stayed at the scene and cooperated with investigators. The driver was detained and questioned, and authorities said there were no immediate signs of impairment. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">HPD Sgt. Mike Barrow emphasized caution, saying the department has seen an uptick of crashes involving pedestrians.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">\u201cWe\u2019ve been having a lot of auto-pedestrian-related crashes, and it\u2019s been upticking lately in the summertime. So we just ask people to please use designated crosswalks and watch where you\u2019re going as you\u2019re going across the roadways,\u201d Sgt. Barrow said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Police said a large crowd gathered after the crash, and tensions escalated. Officers separated those involved while the investigation continued.<\/p>\n<p>Breaking News Alerts<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  style=\"object-fit:cover;width:234px;height:50px\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788738735_400_kprc_breaking.png\" width=\"234\" height=\"50\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf eUxjKG\">More Stories Like This In Our Email Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 A woman died after being struck by a vehicle while attempting to cross Westheimer Road in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[96341,31740,11514,56,58,57,2543,5171,12873],"class_list":["post-428369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-auto-pedestrian-crashes","tag-crashes","tag-fatal-crashes","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-houston-police-department","tag-hpd","tag-westheimer-road"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428369","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=428369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}