City Worker Hit By Car Dies
One city worker was killed and another was injured when a car hit them while they worked in southeast Houston on Friday, KPRC Local 2 reported.
Houston police said a woman driving a Toyota Camry hit the workers while they unloaded pallets in the median of Sabo Road near Kirkhill Drive at about 12:30 p.m. "A car in the left lane came up from behind them and struck both of the workers that were on the ground as well as the back corner of the truck," Sgt. G.T. Hall said. "Then the vehicle veered to the right and ended up there on the sidewalk in the grass."
The impact killed Harold Norwood, 44. Worker Larry Williams, 44, was rushed to a nearby hospital. He suffered multiple injuries and is expected to recover. Four other city workers were not injured. The driver was upset and taken to a nearby hospital to be checked out.
The workers had responded to a 311 call from a citizen, officials said. "This one here, this is just your normal everyday traffic and people not controlling their speed and watching out for city employees working in the right-of-way," said Eric Dargan with Public Works.
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December 11, 2007 Man walking on roadway hit by car and dies
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Man walking on roadway hit by car and dies
Houston Chronicle
An unidentified man died on Spring Stuebner Road after a vehicle struck him as he walked in traffic late Monday, the sheriff's department reported.
The man died in the 3300 block of Spring Stuebner in northwest Harris County at about 11:10 p.m., deputies reported. He carried no identification.
The man was walking toward oncoming traffic about eight feet from the curb when he was struck, investigators said in a statement. The driver of the vehicle that struck the man told investigators he swerved to avoid the man but the right front bumper of his car hit the man.
The man was thrown up onto the car's hood, crashed against the windshield and fell back to the street, investigators said.
No citations were issued. The accident remains under investigation. No description of the man was immediately available this morning.
Man walking on roadway hit by car and dies
Houston Chronicle
An unidentified man died on Spring Stuebner Road after a vehicle struck him as he walked in traffic late Monday, the sheriff's department reported.
The man died in the 3300 block of Spring Stuebner in northwest Harris County at about 11:10 p.m., deputies reported. He carried no identification.
The man was walking toward oncoming traffic about eight feet from the curb when he was struck, investigators said in a statement. The driver of the vehicle that struck the man told investigators he swerved to avoid the man but the right front bumper of his car hit the man.
The man was thrown up onto the car's hood, crashed against the windshield and fell back to the street, investigators said.
No citations were issued. The accident remains under investigation. No description of the man was immediately available this morning.
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