Tow truck theft suspect tied to deadly vehicle crash

SUGAR LAND, Texas (FOX 26) - What started as a major vehicle crash at 2:55 p.m. Friday in the west Houston intersection of Bellaire Boulevard and State Highway 6 ended with a apparently-stolen tow truck crashed into a pole in Sugar Land.

Houston police began to follow the tow truck as it passed several streets in west Houston and into Sugar Land before it ended on State Highway 90 near Brooks.

Another vehicle was struck by tow truck before the crash.

Houston police arrived to the site of a separate deadly vehicle crash on Beechnut Street and South Kirkwood Road where preliminary reports indicate someone stole a tow truck.