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17-year-old driver killed in Magnolia FM 149 crash

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FOX 26 Houston
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Updated October 23, 2026 6:53 PM CDT Published October 23, 2026 9:38 AM CDT
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The Brief

    • Officials say one vehicle rear-ended another vehicle in the southbound lanes, then crashed into a third vehicle in the northbound lanes.
    • The 17-year-old driver has since been pronounced deceased.
    • Texas DPS is investigating.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas - A 17-year-old has died, and another person was hospitalized after a crash in Magnolia early Friday on FM 149.

Deadly crash on Highway 149

What we know:

The crash happened at around 6:30 a.m. Friday on the highway north of FM 1488, near Karen-Switch Road.

Texas DPS says the scene started with a Dodge Challenger rear-ending a Jeep Wrangler while going south on 149. The Challenger then veered into the northbound lanes and crashed head-on into a Dodge Ram 2500, causing the Ram to spin and hit a Ford F-250 in the southbound lanes.

According to DPS, a 17-year-old driving the Challenger was taken to a hospital in The Woodlands, and he was later pronounced deceased.

The driver of the Dodge Ram was also hospitalized. He is expected to recover.

No other injuries have been reported. 

Texas DPS says they're continuing to investigate.

What we don't know:

No one involved has been identified.

The cause of the crash is unknown at this time.

The Source: Texas Department of Public Safety

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