The Brief
- A mother and son from Spring were killed Monday evening on I-45 in Madison County after their vehicle was struck while attempting to use an emergency median cutout.
- The backseat passenger was identified as 18-year-old Kenrik “Kenny” Kabano, a standout basketball player and senior at Klein Oak High School.
- Both Klein ISD and The John Cooper School release statements honoring the impact the student-athlete made on his community.
SPRING, Texas – A mother and her teenage son have died following a two-vehicle collision on Interstate 45 on Monday evening.
Klein Oak student, mother killed in crash
The backstory:
The crash occurred at approximately 6:36 p.m. on the southbound lanes of I-45 near mile marker 140 in Madison County. According to Texas DPS investigators, 44-year-old Rosine Kabano of Spring was driving a 2026 Mitsubishi Eclipse southbound on the shoulder when she attempted to make a sharp left turn across both travel lanes.
Troopers said she was attempting to reach an “emergency use only” median cutout when her vehicle was struck by a southbound 2023 Chevrolet pickup truck towing a utility trailer.…