{"id":430085,"date":"2026-09-09T00:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T00:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/430085\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T00:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T00:10:09","slug":"next-person-may-not-be-so-lucky-houston-driver-says-a-group-of-people-threw-rocks-at-drivers-on-i-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/430085\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Next person may not be so lucky&#8217; | Houston driver says a group of people threw rocks at drivers on I-10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The incident happened around 2 a.m. Sunday as drivers were traveling westbound on I-10 near McKee Street.<\/p>\n<p>HOUSTON \u2014 Houston police are investigating after rocks were thrown from a bridge onto Interstate 10 over Labor Day weekend, smashing the windshields of two vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened around 2 a.m. Sunday as drivers were traveling westbound on I-10 near McKee Street.<\/p>\n<p>One of the drivers, who identified herself only as Destiny because she feared retaliation, said she saw several rocks scattered across the highway as she approached the bridge.<\/p>\n<p>                                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.khou.com\/assets\/shared-images\/icons\/arrow-circle-down.svg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                                This story continues below.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>She also saw three people dressed in dark clothing standing on the bridge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were throwing rocks off the bridge onto the freeway,\u201d Destiny said.<\/p>\n<p>A rock smashed through Destiny\u2019s windshield, leaving her with cuts from broken glass. Her 1-year-old nephew was in the back seat and was also covered in glass but was not injured.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy nephew, you know, something could have happened to him,\u201d she said. \u201cWhat if the glass cut him and not me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Destiny said she then noticed a semi-truck that had also pulled over after its windshield was struck.<\/p>\n<p>The truck driver was hit in the shoulder by a rock, according to Destiny.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was happy that he didn&#8217;t swerve or veer off the freeway because he was carrying gasoline,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Both drivers reported the incidents to Houston police. Officers arrived after the people on the bridge had left the area.<\/p>\n<p>Police are investigating the incident as criminal mischief.<\/p>\n<p>Destiny said she is speaking publicly about what happened to warn other drivers and urge whoever is responsible to stop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just want to shed light on it because the next person may not be so lucky,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She also hopes police will increase patrols in the area to deter similar incidents.<\/p>\n<p>Got a news tip or story idea? Email us at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.khou.com\/article\/news\/crime\/houston-rocks-freeway-i-10-windshield\/mailto:newstips@khou.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">newstips@khou.com<\/a>\u00a0or call 713-521-4310 and include your name and the best way to reach you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The incident happened around 2 a.m. Sunday as drivers were traveling westbound on I-10 near McKee Street. HOUSTON&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430086,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-430085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430085","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=430085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}