Man charged with murder, intoxicated assault for wrong-way crash on Eastex Freeway
Fatal wrong-way crash at 15800 Eastex Freeway at Bender in Houston
HOUSTON - A 31-year-old man has been arrested and charged with murder and intoxicated assault for a deadly wrong-way crash on Eastex Freeway at Bender Rd., near Humble on Sunday around 3 a.m.
The man, Rene M. Guzman-Santos, is currently in the hospital with a broken leg, but in police custody, according to Houston Police.
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Woman killed, 2 children injured in crash involving wrong-way driver on Eastex Freeway
Houston Police are investigating a crash that killed a woman and injured two children and another person around 3 a.m. on the Eastex Freeway at Bender Rd., near Humble.
The victim, 40-year-old Jennifer Rosales, was driving northbound on the freeway when her vehicle was hit by Guzman-Santos who was driving southbound in the northbound lanes.
Guzman-Santos had a 13-year-old boy and a 6-year-old girl in the vehicle with him at the time of the crash.
The children were taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Police say Guzman-Santos "showed visible signs of intoxication."
He will be booked into the Harris County Jail once he is released from the hospital.