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Suspect charged with murder after innocent driver killed in crash during police chase, court records show

Houston police said the suspect was taken into custody after getting in a crash on the Eastex Freeway feeder road.

HOUSTON — A man is now charged with murder after police say he crashed into an innocent driver while going the wrong way during a chase Wednesday night.

Editor's note: The above video was published before we learned the suspect had been charged with murder.

According to Houston police, the Humble Police Department called for help chasing a stolen vehicle.

At some point during the chase, a woman got out of a car being driven by a man police identified as Sebastian Sanchez. That woman was taken into custody, police said.

Sanchez ended up turning into oncoming traffic on the northbound feeder road of the Eastex Freeway near Greens Road, according to authorities. Humble police said officers stopped pursuing him, but Sanchez ended up crashing into a woman's car.

The woman was taken to an area hospital where she was pronounced dead.

Sanchez was reportedly taken into custody after being treated for injuries.

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