{"id":118285,"date":"2025-08-04T13:33:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T13:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/118285\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T13:33:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T13:33:08","slug":"hcso-to-provide-updates-after-deadly-high-speed-chase-ended-in-fiery-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/118285\/","title":{"rendered":"HCSO to provide updates after deadly high-speed chase ended in fiery crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/topic\/Harris_County_Sheriff&#039;s_Office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/topic\/Harris_County_Sheriff&#039;s_Office\/\">Harris County Constable Precinct 7 Office<\/a> will hold a press conference today following a deadly crash that killed two people during a high-speed chase in Midtown. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Deputies say the incident began just after 2 a.m. Saturday, when a Precinct 7 unit witnessed a black F-150 involved in multiple hit-and-run crashes near the 2700 block of Smith Street. When deputies attempted to stop the truck, the driver sped off, running red lights as he fled through the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>BACKGROUND: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/news\/local\/2025\/08\/02\/man-charged-with-murder-after-killing-2-in-crash-during-high-speed-pursuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/news\/local\/2025\/08\/02\/man-charged-with-murder-after-killing-2-in-crash-during-high-speed-pursuit\/\"><b>Man charged with murder after killing 2 in crash during high-speed pursuit<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Moments later, at the intersection of Smith and Elgin streets, the suspect\u2019s vehicle ran a red light and slammed into a white Lexus. The impact caused the Lexus to hit a building and burst into flames. Both people inside the Lexus were pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The driver of the truck, identified as 21-year-old Rene Hernandez, was taken into custody and is now charged with two counts of murder. Investigators say Hernandez showed signs of intoxication, including slurred speech and a strong odor of alcohol.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">A woman who was inside the suspect\u2019s truck was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The case is being investigated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/topic\/Harris_County_Sheriff&#039;s_Office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/topic\/Harris_County_Sheriff&#039;s_Office\/\">Harris County Precinct 7<\/a>, the Houston Police Department\u2019s Vehicular Crimes Division, and the Harris County District Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>KPRC 2 will livestream the press conference today at 11:30 a.m.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Harris County Constable Precinct 7 Office will hold a press conference today following a deadly crash that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":117311,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[12424,4903,4219,73938,73940,20882,4345,9620,73939,7219,358,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-118285","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-arrest","9":"tag-crash","10":"tag-crime","11":"tag-harris-county-constable-precinct-7","12":"tag-harris-county-precinct-7","13":"tag-hcso","14":"tag-houston","15":"tag-murder","16":"tag-pct-7","17":"tag-press-conference","18":"tag-texas","19":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}