Heywood Freeman and Two Children Killed in North Sam Houston Parkway Multi-Vehicle Crash

HOUSTON, Texas (July 24, 2017) – The three people who were killed Friday evening in a massive crash in Northeast Houston have been identified.
The victims were identified as Heywood Freeman, 42, His son Heywood Jr., 4, and daughter Haley Heywood, 6.
The fatal crash took place at about 10 p.m. Friday, July 21 in the 4100 block of North Sam Houston Parkway near the John F Kennedy Boulevard exit.
A total of seven vehicles were involved in the crash
The family was in a silver Chevrolet Malibu, traveling home after a night out, when a blue F150 pickup truck traveling at high speed struck the rear of their car, before slamming into five other vehicles causing a chain-reaction.
There was heavy traffic along the Beltway 8 near JFK majorly caused by construction works on the road. The five vehicles were described as a silver Chevrolet Tahoe, a black Toyota Camry, a gray Acura, a blue Toyota Tundra a and black Chevrolet Tahoe.
No one else was injured in the crash.
Houston Police are still carrying out investigations to ascertain the root cause of the accident.