Man who ran out of gas killed while filling his tank

Saturday, October 14, 2017
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Police say a man who ran out of gas in west Houston was hit and killed by a suspected DWI driver.

The crash happened around 9 Friday night on the Katy Freeway near the Barker Cypress exit.
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Investigators say the man called his wife to bring him gas.

While he was filling up his tank a Chevy Tahoe crashed into him and his vehicle.

The force of the crash threw the man over his car.

He was transported to Memorial Hermann Southwest where he died.
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His wife was also injured in the crash but is expected to survive.



Police arrested the man in the Chevy Tahoe after he failed a field sobriety test.

No word yet on what charges he could face.

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