{"id":899540,"date":"2026-06-28T23:17:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T23:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/899540\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T23:17:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T23:17:23","slug":"woman-killed-in-overnight-crash-after-car-crosses-median-in-northeast-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/899540\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman killed in overnight crash after car crosses median in northeast Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Witness says speeding sedan lost control before colliding with a truck on Old Humble Road<\/p>\n<p>A woman was killed early Sunday in northeast Houston when her southbound sedan, allegedly speeding, crossed the median and was struck by an oncoming truck. (OnScene,  Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\"><strong>HOUSTON<\/strong> \u2013 A woman was killed early Sunday in a two-vehicle crash in northeast Houston after a southbound sedan allegedly sped out of control and crossed into oncoming traffic, authorities said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The wreck happened around 1:20 a.m. in the 14700 block of Old Humble Road, according to information from 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 Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a>. <\/p>\n<ul class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 etvbxt font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Stack-vJ7SwH7U__StackBase-sc-1m5bkhd-0 evEXvX dsnUCb\"\/><\/ul>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">A witness told investigators the sedan was traveling south at a high rate of speed when it veered across the median into the northbound lanes, where it was struck by an oncoming truck.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">After the impact, the sedan spun and came to rest in the roadway, investigators said. The driver of the sedan died at the scene. Deputies believe the victim is an adult woman, but her identity had not been confirmed as of Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The truck\u2019s driver and passengers were not hurt, investigators said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The crash remains under investigation. <\/p>\n<p>Breaking News Alerts<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 bTVksG\">More Stories Like This In Our Email Newsletter<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 kfUEDb copyright\">Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the Author<a class=\"Link-PukYsz7Y__LinkBase-sc-scvrjz-0 gQZqgJ\" href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/team\/chudspeth\/\" title=\"View Christian Hudspeth&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Christian Hudspeth<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 duhyRF bxSMlJ\">Christian Hudspeth is a Houston native who joined KPRC 2 News in December 2025. Christian began his news career at KTRK in 2022 before moving to newsrooms in Waco, Texas (KXXV), Las Vegas, Nevada (KTNV), and now back to H-Town. He earned his BA at the University of Houston Jack J. Valenti School of Communication in 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Witness says speeding sedan lost control before colliding with a truck on Old Humble Road A woman was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":899541,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5130],"tags":[23762,31979,6386,8323,20882,4345,358,314,3187],"class_list":["post-899540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-crashes","tag-fatal-crashes","tag-harris-county","tag-harris-county-sheriffs-office","tag-hcso","tag-houston","tag-texas","tag-traffic","tag-tx"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116830289746433146","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899540","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=899540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/899541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=899540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=899540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=899540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}