{"id":18489,"date":"2025-02-06T06:26:34","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T06:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/houston-pd-says-motorist-to-blame-for-fatal-crash-not-hit-and-run-semi-truck-as-originally-stated\/"},"modified":"2025-02-06T06:26:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T06:26:34","slug":"houston-pd-says-motorist-to-blame-for-fatal-crash-not-hit-and-run-semi-truck-as-originally-stated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/houston-pd-says-motorist-to-blame-for-fatal-crash-not-hit-and-run-semi-truck-as-originally-stated\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston PD says motorist to blame for fatal crash, not hit-and-run semi truck as originally stated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_84\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The Houston Police Department (HPD) has issued a correction about the involvement of a semi truck in a fatal multi-vehicle collision.<\/p>\n<p>The January 31 collision occurred on 11400 South Sam Houston Parkway East (Beltway 8) in Houston, Texas, at around 7:10 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>HPD initially stated that \u201cvehicles were stopped at the above address at a red light at the intersection with Sabo Road, when an 18-wheeler crashed into multiple vehicles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>HPD also released images and video of the truck believed to have been involved.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UPDATE: Investigators are looking for this white 18-wheeler and its driver for its role in this fatal crash.<\/p>\n<p>TIPS: HPD Hit and Run Unit at 713-247-4072 or speak anonymously to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CrimeStopHOU?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CrimeStopHOU<\/a> at 713-222-TIPS.<\/p>\n<p>More info: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I38vGL8T1s\">https:\/\/t.co\/I38vGL8T1s<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HouNews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HouNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sUrP4hOjg4\">https:\/\/t.co\/sUrP4hOjg4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ByspvLceqT\">pic.twitter.com\/ByspvLceqT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Houston Police (@houstonpolice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/houstonpolice\/status\/1886527574353834467?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On February 5, HPD issued a new statement to clarify that there was <em>no<\/em> 18 wheeler involved in the collision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFurther investigation and surveillance videos determined\u00a0a black Lexus RX350, traveling at a high rate of speed, crashed into the rear\u00a0of a silver Chevrolet Cavalier. The impact caused the\u00a0Chevrolet to flip and came to a rest on the sidewalk,\u201d HPD said.<\/p>\n<p>The Cavalier driver, Francisco Medillin, 44, died at the scene. A nine year old passenger in the Cavalier was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The Lexus driver is listed in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>The crash investigation is ongoing, said HPD.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cdllife.com\/2025\/houston-pd-says-motorist-to-blame-for-fatal-crash-not-hit-and-run-semi-truck-as-originally-stated\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Houston Police Department (HPD) has issued a correction about the involvement of a semi truck in a fatal multi-vehicle collision. The January 31 collision occurred on 11400 South Sam Houston Parkway East (Beltway 8) in Houston, Texas, at around 7:10 p.m. HPD initially stated that \u201cvehicles were stopped at the above address at a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18489"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro-truckdrivers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}