{"id":463686,"date":"2026-10-12T12:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T12:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/463686\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T12:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T12:40:10","slug":"motorcyclist-killed-after-crashing-into-18-wheeler-on-east-freeway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/463686\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorcyclist killed after crashing into 18-wheeler on East Freeway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The crash happened around 6:20 p.m. Oct. 11 in the 14300 block of the East Freeway eastbound feeder road, near Beltway 8.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\"  loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791808808_533_7OEGA74TGBDK5ERFK5CKBS5DO4.png\"\/>Crime scene tape &#8211; lightbox KPRC (Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">A motorcyclist was killed Sunday evening after crashing into an 18-wheeler on the East Freeway, according to the Harris County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The crash happened around 6:20 p.m. Oct. 11 in the 14300 block of the East Freeway eastbound feeder road, near Beltway 8.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">According to investigators, Vasiliy Daranutsa was driving a Freightliner truck tractor towing a semi-trailer eastbound on the feeder road. As Daranutsa attempted to turn right onto Redmond Street, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle driven by Angelo Mendez struck the semi-trailer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Mendez suffered life-threatening injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Daranutsa remained at the scene and cooperated with investigators, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The Harris County Sheriff\u2019s Office Vehicular Crimes Division is investigating the crash. The case remains open.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Authorities reported that the roadway was closed for several hours following the crash. <\/p>\n<p>Breaking News Alerts<img alt=\"\"  loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791808809_840_kprc_breaking.webp\" width=\"234\" height=\"50\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf eUxjKG\">More Stories Like This In Our Email Newsletter<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf ilkOIf copyright\">Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the AuthorNinfa Saavedra headshot<img alt=\"\"  loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791808810_817_2e59e4a6-f037-40f6-b403-46952117157b.png\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The crash happened around 6:20 p.m. Oct. 11 in the 14300 block of the East Freeway eastbound feeder&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":463687,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[158059,268,521,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-463686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-18-wheeler-crash","tag-crash","tag-deadly-crash","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463686","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=463686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/463687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}