Driver fatally strikes woman jumping out from moving vehicle in Harris County
HARRIS COUNTY, TX – A driver struck and killed a woman who jumped out of a moving vehicle on the 8700 block of Fairbanks N Houston Rd on Sunday, according to ABC 13.
The victim was walking in the roadway when she made “suicidal outcries.”
The woman’s boyfriend found her and picked her up to take her home. On the way there, she jumped out of the vehicle and ran through multiple lanes when a driver hit her.
Witnesses and the boyfriend stopped to render aid to the woman. Rescue crews transported her to an area hospital, where she died.
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