HOUSTON — Police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run crash in west Houston, according to the Houston Police Department.
Police said a man with a walker was walking across the street Friday morning when he was hit by a car on Westheimer near Lazy Hollow, but then dragged nearly a mile to Dunvale. This happened just before 5:45 a.m. heading east.
Witnesses told police they did see a car slam into the victim.
One person, who lives at the apartment complex next to where the man was hit, said this stretch of road is a nightmare and claims this latest incident hits close to home for him.
“Most of Westheimer is very terribly dangerous,” Deshaun Johnson said. “God rest his soul. About two or three months ago I just lost a good friend because he was crossing Westheimer Road and got hit by two cars.”
Lazy Hollow and Hullsmith were shut down as police investigated. A description of the car has not been released.
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