Police search for driver of deadly hit-and-run crash in east Houston

Sunday, December 9, 2018
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Police are searching for the driver they say is responsible for a deadly hit-and-run crash along the East Freeway in east Houston.

Houston police say the crash happened around 4 a.m. Sunday at the 12400 block of East Freeway when the driver of a truck crashed into a woman's vehicle that was parked on the shoulder of the freeway.
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According to Sgt. Jesus Uribe, the impact of the crash caused the woman's vehicle to roll over.

Witnesses at the scene described the driver who took off running as a Hispanic man.
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Police say the feeder road and outbound lanes of East Freeway are expected to be closed for two to three hours.

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