HOUSTON — A woman died Thursday after she was hit by a patrol car while crossing the street with her three children in northwest Houston, according to the Houston Police Department.
This happened around 11 p.m. on Antoine Street near Pinemont Drive.
Witnesses told HPD that the woman had just gotten off a bus with her children and was not in a crosswalk as she crossed the street. She appeared to drop something and they said she was hit when she went down to grab it.
Surveillance video you'll see only on KHOU 11 showed the victim's children jumping out of the way before the HPD car hit their mother. The children weren't hurt.
"Those three children, I don't know what's gonna happen to them. They saw their mother right in front of their eyes. I'm just at a loss of words," a woman who saw the aftermath of the crash told us. "I'm feeling very, very sad."
HPD said speed was not a factor and the crash happened in a dark area.
Officers provided first aid at the scene and the woman was taken to a hospital in critical condition and later died.
HPD said the victim is a 41-year-old woman but her name hasn't been released. One of her children is 18 and the other two are juveniles but their exact ages were not immediately known.
Police said the officers in the patrol unit and a suspect they were taking to jail were not injured in the crash.
A woman in the area said the lack of crosswalks leads people to jaywalk. She said another woman was killed several months ago.
The crash is under investigation by HPD's vehicular crime division and internal affairs.
HPD said they are looking for additional witnesses. If you know anything, contact police at 713-884-3131