{"id":461335,"date":"2026-10-09T16:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T16:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/461335\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T16:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T16:38:12","slug":"driver-killed-in-crash-after-hitting-multiple-cars-and-utility-box-near-westheimer-and-hillcroft-in-west-houston-hpd-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/461335\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver killed in crash after hitting multiple cars and utility box near Westheimer and Hillcroft in west Houston, HPD says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; A driver died, and multiple others were hospitalized after an overnight crash in the city&#8217;s west side, according to the Houston Police Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">HPD Sgt. Mike Barrow said the crash happened at about 10:10 p.m. on Thursday at the intersection of Westheimer and Hillcroft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Police said they got reports of a driver going at a &#8220;high rate of speed&#8221; through the intersection before hitting three cars and a utility box.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Barrow said the driver died at the scene, and three other people in the other vehicles were taken to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;What we&#8217;ve heard from witnesses is that (the driver) was going very fast on the roadway,&#8221; Barrow said, adding that it appears the driver was trying to go between several vehicles and ended up hitting them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Authorities said they&#8217;re investigating the cause of the crash and reviewing surveillance video in the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Police said the traffic lights at the intersection could be out for some time while the utility box is repaired.<br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; A driver died, and multiple others were hospitalized after an overnight crash in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":461336,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[157673,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-461335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-157673","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461335","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=461335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}