3 hospitalized in crash with downed power lines in southwest Houston, HPD says

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Three people were hospitalized Thursday afternoon after a crash involving two vehicles in which multiple power poles were knocked down in the city's southwest side, according to police.

According to Lt. Lary Crowson with the Houston Police Department, the crash happened at about 2 p.m. in the 9300 block of Fondren Road.

A white F-150 pickup and a Honda were traveling southbound on Fondren. Police said the Honda was traveling at a high rate of speed and tried to avoid another car that pulled off a side street, but hit the pickup. Both vehicles flipped over several times, with the Honda hitting two power poles and then a tree.

Images of the crash show that the Honda was split in two.

The driver of the pickup was taken to the hospital and is said to be OK. The driver of the Honda was also hospitalized and is OK.

Meanwhile, police said there was a female passenger in the Honda who was critically injured and was taken into surgery.

The crash's impact on the power lines knocked out power to nearly 300 customers, according to CenterPoint's outage map.

Additional details were not immediately released.

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