{"id":492641,"date":"2026-01-04T21:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T21:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/492641\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T21:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T21:40:10","slug":"teen-killed-in-minibike-crash-after-pursuit-with-harris-county-sheriffs-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/492641\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen killed in minibike crash after pursuit with Harris County Sheriff\u2019s Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>HOUSTON<\/strong> \u2013 Authorities with the Harris County Sheriff\u2019s Office said a teenage boy is dead after leading deputies on a pursuit in northeast Harris County. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Deputies said around 1:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon, the teen was illegally while riding a gas-powered minibike going eastbound in the 15100 block of Wallisville Road. He was not wearing a helmet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">A sergeant with the sheriff\u2019s office said he saw multiple traffic violations from the teen, prompting him to turn on his emergency lights and sirens for a traffic stop. <\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/><\/ul>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Deputies said the teen started to evade the sergeant at an unsafe speed in the wrong side of traffic while the sergeant stayed on the correct side. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Ultimately, deputies said the teen ran a red light at Uvalde Road and struck an SUV leaving a parking lot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Medical responders pronounced the teen deceased on scene from his injuries at 1:41 p.m. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The investigation remains ongoing by the Harris County Sheriff\u2019s Office Vehicular Crimes Division.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The Harris County District Attorney\u2019s Office and the Harris County Sheriff\u2019s Office Internal Affairs Division are also assisting with the case. An independent review will be conducted to make sure all policies were followed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Anyone with information is asked to contact the sheriff\u2019s office at (713) 221-6000. <\/p>\n<p>Breaking News Alerts<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kiwhtN\">More Stories Like This In Our Email Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 Authorities with the Harris County Sheriff\u2019s Office said a teenage boy is dead after leading deputies&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":492642,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[4903,4219,6386,8323,4345,358,314,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-492641","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-crash","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-harris-county","11":"tag-harris-county-sheriffs-office","12":"tag-houston","13":"tag-texas","14":"tag-traffic","15":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115839004036205700","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492641","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=492641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}