Mother in critical condition after being hit by Houston police vehicle

HOUSTON - Houston police are investigating after one of their own officers drove into a woman in the middle of the road in northwest Houston late Thursday night.

Around 10 p.m., two officers assigned to the hotspot division had just made a drug arrest on De Soto Street and were in the process of transporting the suspect to the Harris County Jail.

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While on the way, they say a woman got off the bus on Antione Drive with her three children and they were crossing the street.

A witness told investigators it appeared the woman dropped something and stepped back into the roadway to get it when she was hit by the patrol vehicle. The woman was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Her children were unharmed.

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It’s unknown if she’ll survive. At this time, HPD says the woman was taken into surgery.

HPD says the two officers involved as well as the suspect are expected to be okay.