HOUSTON — A driver died after he hit a power pole and crashed into a church on the north side Sunday night, according to the Houston Police Department.
This happened just after 9 p.m. along the Hardy Toll Road heading north near Tidwell Lane.
Houston police said the driver of a pickup truck went off the road, hit a mailbox, then hit the pole and came to rest on its side up against the church. The driver has been thrown from the vehicle.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said the driver of the truck had been seen weaving in and out of traffic before the crash.
The northbound lanes of the feeder road were closed for several hours as police investigated.