Wrong-way crash kills 1, injures another on Houston’s East Freeway

The Brief

  • The crash happened on the westbound lanes of I-10 near Lockwood Drive.
  • Officials say a wrong-way driver crashed head-on into another driver.
  • One person has died. Another was reported in critical condition.

HOUSTON One driver has died and another is hospitalized after a wrong-way crash on the East Freeway toward Downtown Houston early Tuesday morning.

I-10 East Freeway wrong-way crash

What we know:

The crash was reported at about 1:30 a.m. on I-10 westbound near Lockwood Drive on the east side of town. The freeway has since reopened.

A Kia sedan was said to be driving legally in the westbound lanes of the freeway while an Acura NSX was speeding eastbound in those same lanes.

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