The fatal collision occurred around 4:25 a.m. on November 8, 2026, at 1401 North Highway 6.

Houston, TX – A 48-year-old man was killed when a pickup truck struck his disabled vehicle along North Highway 6 early Sunday morning, according to the Houston Police Department.

The fatal collision occurred around 4:25 a.m. on November 8, 2026, at 1401 North Highway 6.

According to investigators, a gray Cadillac XT5 had become disabled and was stopped along the side of the roadway. Its driver was outside the vehicle when a red Ford F-150 struck the Cadillac, triggering a chain-reaction collision that killed the Cadillac driver. Houston Fire Department paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.

Adult female passengers in both vehicles were transported to a nearby hospital with minor injuries.

Police said the Ford driver, identified as 39-year-old Jorge Alberto Zuniga, fled the scene on foot but returned approximately an hour later. Officers detained him and determined that he was intoxicated. Following consultation with the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, he was arrested.

Zuniga faces charges of failure to stop and render aid involving death and intoxication manslaughter. The charges were filed in the 263rd Criminal District Court.

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