Woman arguing with her husband falls out of their moving car on a Texas highway and dies after being hit by another vehicle
- Authorities say the unidentified victim began partially crawling out their car
- She then fell in the early hours of Saturday on the North Freeway near Houston
- The woman is thought to have been alive when she was hit by another vehicle
- Victim is said to have been drinking; her husband, the driver, had not, police say
- A second crash involved the car of one of those attempting to help the woman
A woman arguing with her husband fell out of their moving car on a Texas highway and died after being hit by another vehicle, according to police.
Authorities say the unidentified victim began partially crawling out their car before her sudden fall in the early hours of Saturday on the North Freeway near Houston.
She is thought to have been alive when she was hit by another vehicle after surviving the fall at full speed at around 1am.
Officials confirmed she was pronounced dead on the scene, The Houston Chronicle reports.
The woman is said to have been drinking. Her unnamed husband, the driver, had not.
DailyMail.com has contacted Houston police for comment on any ongoing investigation.
Authorities say the unidentified victim began partially crawling out their car. She then fell in the early hours of Saturday on the North Freeway near Houston
The woman is thought to have been alive when she was hit by another vehicle. The victim is said to have been drinking. Her husband, the driver, had not, police say
A second crash involved the car of one of those attempting to help the woman
Images from the scene show the front of one car with significant damage.
Sergeant David Rose said: ‘It’s just an unfortunate tragedy.
‘You just got to be prepared to make sudden stops on the freeway. You never know what’s going to happen.’
The incident was then responsible for a second crash at the scene, according to police.
One of those attempting to help in the aftermath of the incident saw their car hit by another vehicle, officers say.
Rose added: ‘This [second] vehicle also stopped to try to help the woman. So the traffic behind them, they had to slam on their brakes and there was an accident that happened here.’
Roads in the area were closed for several hours following the deadly crash
‘Unfortunately, one of the drivers in that accident, unrelated to the fatality, left the scene and so we are investigating that accident as well’, Rose confirmed.
Another driver is then said to have been detained for driving under the influence in a third unrelated charge, ABC reports.
Roads in the area were closed for several hours following the deadly crash.