Suspect caught on video running away from stolen Jeep after deadly wrong-way crash, deputies say

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Wednesday, November 30, 2022
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CYPRESS, Texas (KTRK) -- One neighbor's surveillance camera captured a suspected wrong-way driver running away from a deadly crash in northwest Harris County, according to deputies.

The video above is from a previous report.

On Nov. 19, deputies responded to a major crash in the 15600 block of Cypress Rosehill Road at about 4 a.m.

The victims, 20-year-old Caleb Rickenbacher and his girlfriend, 20-year-old Christina Diaz, were leaving a Jack in the Box when a stolen 2017 blue Jeep Grand Cherokee hit them head-on, according to investigators.

Rickenbacher was pronounced dead at the scene with blunt-force injuries, and Diaz spent nearly a week in the hospital with a ruptured intestine and other injuries.

Detectives believe the suspect stole the Jeep after breaking into several vehicles from a hotel parking lot near the intersection of the Grand Parkway and Holzwarth Road.

Video shows the suspected driver running into the Sydney Harbor Neighborhood down the sidewalk with a backpack on after causing this crash.

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