{"id":6199,"date":"2025-06-22T20:38:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T20:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/6199\/"},"modified":"2025-06-22T20:38:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T20:38:18","slug":"houston-police-officers-injured-in-crash-beer-cans-found-thrown-from-truck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/6199\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston police officers injured in crash, beer cans found thrown from truck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/topic\/Houston_Police_Department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/topic\/Houston_Police_Department\/\">Houston police<\/a> officers were hospitalized after a crash with a suspected drunk driver, after authorities said they found beer cans discarded near the crash site. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>SEE ALSO:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/news\/local\/2025\/06\/22\/woman-found-dead-in-north-harris-county-home-incident-tied-to-standoff-in-leon-county\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/news\/local\/2025\/06\/22\/woman-found-dead-in-north-harris-county-home-incident-tied-to-standoff-in-leon-county\/\">Man accused of killing parents, found with self-inflicted gunshot after standoff in Leon County<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">It happened just before 12:30 p.m. in northeast Houston, where investigators said two officers in a patrol car were going southbound on North Wayside Drive. <\/p>\n<p>Houston police officers injured in crash with suspected drunk driver after beer cans found thrown from truck (Copyright 2025 by KPRC 2\/Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">That\u2019s when a truck was leaving a stop sign from Joy Street and pulled out in front of the patrol car, causing both vehicles to collide. The patrol car\u2019s impact caused it to end up on the sidewalk, while the truck stopped in the southbound lanes. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Officials said the two officers were taken to a hospital for minor injuries, and so was the truck driver. <\/p>\n<p>Houston police officers injured in crash with suspected drunk driver after beer cans found thrown from truck (Copyright 2025 by KPRC 2\/Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">It\u2019s unclear what caused the crash, but investigators are looking into whether alcohol played a role due to several beer cans being thrown from the truck and onto the street. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>ALSO INVESTIGATING:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/news\/local\/2025\/06\/22\/a-man-is-in-custody-accused-of-crashing-into-two-vehicles-during-a-chase-with-authorities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/news\/local\/2025\/06\/22\/a-man-is-in-custody-accused-of-crashing-into-two-vehicles-during-a-chase-with-authorities\/\">Man in custody, accused of crashing into two vehicles during a chase with authorities<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">No additional information has been shared, as of this writing, but an investigation remains underway. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two Houston police officers were hospitalized after a crash with a suspected drunk driver, after authorities said they&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[2106,7738,7740,4903,7737,7739,4345,5429,358,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-6199","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-alcohol","9":"tag-beer","10":"tag-car-accidents","11":"tag-crash","12":"tag-drunk-driving","13":"tag-dwi-crash","14":"tag-houston","15":"tag-houston-police-department","16":"tag-texas","17":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114728947260794563","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6199","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=6199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}