Everywhere you turned, there seemed to be shattered glass and twisted metal scattered across all six lanes of traffic.
But it was nothing compared to the crushed cars and the SUV involved in the midday wreck that investigators said started with two Mustangs racing each other.
Sheriff Ed Gonzalez blames two drivers who he said were racing each other at speeds exceeding 90 miles per hour, just south of the Sam Houston Tollway.
At one point, one of the Mustang drivers, a man in his mid-forties, t-boned an SUV and then hit an Acura. The driver of the Mustang was killed in the violent collision along with the driver of the SUV, a middle-aged man.
The two people in the Acura, both in their twenties, were injured but will survive.
2 killed in high-speed street racing crash on Hwy 249
The driver of the other Mustang, a man in his mid-twenties, was unhurt and now faces the possibility of several charges.
Sheriff Gonzalez said the stretch of highway is well known as a spot where racing is common.
The speed limit on that stretch of Highway 249 is 45 MPH, half of the suspected speed of the two men who deputies said made a deadly decision on Christmas Day.
Investigators have not released the identities of any of those involved.
Two killed in high-speed street race in NW Harris County
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