Three Critically Injured in Caney Creek Three-Vehicle Crash on FM 1314 near Village Way
Caney Creek, Texas – Three people were critically injured Sunday evening in a three-vehicle crash in Caney Creek, Montgomery County, according to the DPS.
The crash happened just after 7:30 p.m., on FM 1314 near Village Way.
DPS said a woman was driving a Ford pickup truck while intoxicated when she failed to turn and hit a Hyundai with one occupant. She then crashed head-on into a BMW.
The occupants of the BMW, a male driver, a woman in the passenger seat, and a 12-year-old in the back seat, had to be extricated.
The BMW driver and the Ford driver were taken to Kingwood Hospital in critical condition. The 12-year-old was flown to a Houston hospital in critical condition.
The Hyundai driver was uninjured in the crash.
The crash closed the highway for several hours.
The DPS troopers are investigating the crash.
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