Pedestrian killed on I-45 NB ran into roadway after crashing into fence off feeder road, HPD says

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A deadly crash involving a pedestrian on I-45 North Freeway at West Road closed the freeway for more than three and hours early Monday.

According to the Houston Police Department, a passerby reported a single-car crash into a fence off the feeder road around 4:35 a.m.

ABC13 video from the scene shows a black Chevy Impala smashed into the fence of a business.

The passerby stopped to check on the driver and told dispatchers he was acting erratically. That's when the driver reportedly ran into the mainlanes, where he was hit and killed.

HPD said the vehicle that hit and killed the driver didn't stop. A vehicle description was not immediately released.

Traffic slowly started moving again when all of the mainlanes reopened at 8 a.m.

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