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Three Die On Icy Houston Roads After Winter Weather
Posted on Feb 28, 2011
As a rare ice storm moved across Texas in the early days of February, many driver who were not familiar with wintery driving conditions found themselves running off the road, losing control of their vehicles, and getting into fender-enders. Unfortunately, some drivers were involved in serious car accidents caused by poor weather conditions and three weather-related traffic deaths were reported in and around the Houston area.
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, two men were killed while driving on Texas 105 early in the morning after the driver of the vehicle lost control in icy conditions and drifted into the ongoing lane of traffic, The men, who were driving in Cut and Shoot, were struck and killed by an oncoming truck.
In East Houston, another man was killed in a Texas traffic accident related to the weather. In this case, a 30-year-old man stepped out of his car on the shoulder of the highway to inspect his car for damage after it slid off of the road and struck a guardrail. While he was out of his car, another vehicle lost control on the snowy roads and slammed into the man’s car, pinning the man against the guardrail and killing him.
All in all, Houston Police said that they responded to 750 car accidents in just over 12 hours after the ice storm struck the area. Sixty-eight of those car accidents involved injuries. Houston Police even reported that several of the accidents that took place involved vehicles hitting police cruisers that were stopped to help other accident victims.
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