DPS’s revised account distinguishes two vehicles: the car involved in a nearby traffic stop was not the one that struck an 11-year-old boy near Highway 6, ABC13 Houston reported.
DPS told ABC13 that the boy was hit Thursday evening after entering Highway 6 near Branch Forest with his mother. Before the collision, a trooper had stopped a driver in a nearby gas station parking lot; DPS clarified that this was a different vehicle.
The boy was taken to Memorial Hermann and was in stable condition, DPS told ABC13. The station reported that officials had not said whether the driver of the car that hit him remained at the scene.
Another recent pedestrian crash
Separately, a 16-year-old boy died after being struck while crossing I-45 near Louetta Road in Spring last month, according to KPRC 2 / Click2Houston.
Pedestrian crashes statewide
TxDOT reported 6,095 pedestrian-involved crashes statewide in 2024, resulting in 772 deaths and 1,455 pedestrians seriously injured, according to TxDOT. Those statewide figures do not specify a 2024 Harris County total or provide a count for Highway 6 in Houston.
Regional safety context
The Houston-Galveston Area Council says the region accounts for nearly 20% of Texas traffic deaths and averages two people killed and ten seriously injured each day in traffic crashes. Those figures cover traffic crashes generally, not pedestrian crashes, and the information cited here does not establish whether Highway 6 near Branch Forest appears in H-GAC safety plans or high-injury maps.
