Houston traffic: I-45 North Freeway southbound lanes shut down due to fatal auto-pedestrian crash
HOUSTON - Houston police are investigating a fatal crash involving a vehicle and a pedestrian.
According to police, all southbound lanes at I-45 North Freeway (southbound) at the McKinney Street exit Ramp as a result of the crash.
The driver of a black Ford F-150 pickup truck was driving southbound on the Gulf Freeway when a man attempted to run across the freeway and was struck by the Ford. Responding Houston Fire Department paramedics pronounced the male dead at the scene.
The driver of the Ford, who remained at the scene, was determined not to be intoxicated and was questioned and released.
The investigation is continuing.