An incident on Tidwell Road in Houston yesterday resulted in a fatality following a sudden crash. According to an update from the Houston Police Department (HPD), a two-year-old boy was fatally injured when the vehicle he was riding in crashed around 6:05 p.m. at the 9200 block of Tidwell Road.
The young passenger, whose name remains unreleased pending verification by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences, was in a white Honda Pilot driven by a 15-year-old. The teenage driver is said to have lost control of the vehicle, causing it to veer off the road and into a ditch, where it struck debris, "The Honda then struck debris in the ditch and came to a stop," detailed Sergeant F. Briones and Officer T. La from the HPD Vehicular Crimes Division, in a recent release by the HPD. The child was reportedly not secured in a child seat at the time of the collision.
Houston Fire Department paramedics were called to the scene and transported the child to Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital, where the child was later pronounced dead. The teenage driver sustained minor injuries and was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. Authorities have stated that the driver was not impaired during the incident.
As of now, no charges have been filed, and the investigation is ongoing to determine the circumstances of the accident.
