18-year-old killed in Channelview crash early Sunday morning
CHANNELVIEW, Texas - The Harris County Sheriff's Office is investigating a crash that killed an 18-year-old male early Sunday morning.
The crash happened before 5 a.m. in the Sterling Green neighborhood, on North Silver Green Drive.
The male, identified as 18-year-old Juan Carlos of Channelview, was taken to the hospital where he died. The passenger, his 20-year-old sister, was not injured in the crash.
According to Harris County, the driver was possibly trying to race another vehicle when it lost control and hit the curb, causing their vehicle to overturn and land in the front yard of a home in the neighborhood.
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The crash happened in the 15300 block of N. Silver Green Drive in Channelview.
The two vehicles did not crash into each other, and the other vehicle left the scene of the crash.
"There was car parts everywhere around my yard. The car was flipped to the side," said Estephany Martinez, a resident in the neighborhood.
"When they took him out, unfortunately, unconscious. He wouldn’t talk. He was just bleeding out," said Martinez.
Police are now searching for a Dodge Challenger linked to the race.
"You hear it all night. You hear vroom just coming down here, like a racetrack," said Michael Mata, another resident in the neighborhood.
Longtime residents expressed their concern about the pattern of street racing on Dell Dale Street.
"Ever since they built this road here they race up and down this street all the time," said Mata. "They have been putting police out here and they been getting a handle on it, but you know, they can’t catch them all."
Neighbors are offering their condolences to the driver's grieving family.
"Just knowing that your friend, your brother, your cousin, being on the ground like that, it’s awful to see. It’s a horrible image, so my heart goes out to them," said Martinez.