Badges - HPD: U-Haul Driver Falls Asleep, Hits Patrol Car
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- Date: Mon, 09 May 2011 18:08:21 -0500
HPD: U-Haul Driver Falls Asleep, Hits Patrol Car
Several People Injured In Wreck
POSTED: Monday, May 9, 2011
HOUSTON -- The driver of a U-Haul truck fell asleep at the wheel and
caused a chain-reaction wreck involving a Houston Police Department
patrol car, investigators said.
The wreck happened in the southbound lanes of the Eastex Freeway near
Rankin Road about 11:35 a.m. Monday.
Houston police said an officer pulled over the driver of a silver
Jaguar and was writing a ticket when a U-Haul hit the officer's patrol car.
The patrol car then hit the back of the Jaguar, investigators said.
The police officer was put on a stretcher and taken to a hospital.
Houston police said she was OK.
The driver of the Jaguar was taken to a hospital with minor injuries,
officials said.
Two passengers inside the U-Haul were also injured. The extent of
their conditions has not been released.
Police spoke to the driver of the U-Haul. The driver told
investigators that he and his passengers had been driving from Tyler,
Texas, and had been up all night. Police said he told them that he
fell asleep at the wheel.
Several lanes of the freeway were closed while police investigated
and removed the wreckage.
The cause of the wreck is under investigation.
Source: http://www.click2houston.com/news/27826828/detail.html
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