Woman killed in chain-reaction crash in Third Ward, driver taken to hospital

HOUSTON, Texas – Houston police are investigating a deadly crash in Third Ward after a woman was hit and killed during a chain reaction of crashes on Tuesday night.

According to HPD, officers responded to McGowen Street near Tierwester around 11:30 p.m. and found the woman underneath a parked car.

Investigators believe she had stepped off the curb and was walking around a row of parked cars when a driver traveling down McGowen crashed into one of those vehicles. The impact pushed the parked car into the woman, throwing her under a second parked vehicle and killing her, police said…

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