2 pedestrians killed in separate hit-and-run crashes, HPD says

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Houston Police Department officers said they're investigating two separate hit-and-run crashes that killed two people overnight.

According to HPD, one incident happened in the Midtown area on Wheeler and Fannin, and the other in west Houston, on Eldridge and Westheimer.

In west Houston, police said a woman may have been in a crosswalk when she was hit by a gray Honda Civic around 9 p.m. on Sunday.

Sgt. Kevin Bui with HPD said the driver of the Honda left the scene before officers later found him.

HPD said the driver was brought back to the scene for questioning but was later released.

Then, in Midtown, at about 1 a.m. on Monday, police said the victim was a man who walked into the middle of Wheeler Avenue, covered himself with a blanket, and laid down in the street.

Police said he was hit by two vehicles -- a black sedan and a black Tahoe, and neither stopped to render aid.

"There was a third vehicle behind that that saw the complainant sit up after coming out from under the second vehicle, and that's the one that stopped and called 911," HPD Sgt. Dallas said. "That lady did not strike the pedestrian that was in the street."

The man was taken to the hospital, where he died, according to police.

Neither victim has been identified. Both incidents remain under investigation.

Anyone with information is urged to contact the HPD's Hit-and-Run Unit at 713-247-4072 or speak anonymously with Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.