At about 12:45 a.m., Houston Police Department officers responded to a call of a vehicle that burst into flames after it crashed into a concrete pillar on Saunders Road.
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Authorities said HPD officers arrived at the scene and pulled the victim out of the fire, but the driver was found unresponsive.
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Officials said the driver was traveling northbound on Jensen Street, which parallels the freeway, at a high rate of speed.
The driver failed to stop at the feeder road on the freeway and went straight into the concrete pillar, HPD said.
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According to HPD, the victim was the only person in the car.
Police said the accident division is working to figure out why the accident happened.