Woman dies after crash with tow truck on I-45 SB feeder road near Cypress Station

HOUSTON, TX — A car collided with a tow truck early Friday on the southbound Interstate 45 service road in north Houston, claiming the life of a woman, according to KHOU11.

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office said the accident happened on the southbound lanes of the North Freeway frontage road near Cypress Station Drive. It was first verified by Houston Transtar just after 2:00 a.m.

A preliminary investigation indicates that just prior to the crash, a wrecker was being used in an attempt to pull an SUV out of mud in the median dividing the I-45 main lanes and the southbound service road. The woman, who was driving southbound in a Honda, proceeded toward the scene despite the tow truck’s warning lights, causing the vehicles to collide.

The driver of the Honda was pronounced deceased at the scene by emergency responders.

No injuries to the driver of the wrecker were reported. Authorities said he had been able to foresee the crash and exit his vehicle moments before.

A section of the southbound service road was shut down for several hours but later reopened to traffic shortly after 7:00 a.m.

An investigation remains ongoing.

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