HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Authorities believe weather may have been the reason behind a crash that killed a driver who slammed into an 18-wheeler in northeast Houston.
The crash happened around 4 a.m. Tuesday in the 7000 block of North Loop East near Homestead Road.
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Police say the car was trying to get off the freeway, when the driver lost control and slammed into a parked 18-wheeler on the shoulder.
The driver inside the vehicle was killed in the crash.
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"I just want to see it because I still don't believe it's real," the victim's father Ray Dow said. "All I can tell him is, I love him."
Officers are still investigating the crash and expect the exit to be closed for some time.