25-Year-Old Woman Killed in Houston Pedestrian Accident on Fairbanks N Houston Road near Fallbrook Drive
Houston, Texas – A 25-year-old woman was killed in a pedestrian accident on Sunday in northwest Houston, according to the deputies.
The deadly accident happened on March 31, on Fairbanks North Houston Road, south of Fallbrook Drive.
Deputies said the woman had been having an ongoing argument with her boyfriend and had made suicidal outcries. She had been walking in the road when the boyfriend reportedly picked her up in his car. That is when she jumped out of the car. When the boyfriend stopped to check on her, she ran into the northbound lanes and was hit by another car.
The woman was taken to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead. Her name has not been released.
No additional information was available.
The sheriff’s office’s vehicular crimes division is investigating the crash.
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