HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston Police Department officers said they’re investigating two separate hit-and-run crashes that killed two people overnight.
According to HPD, one incident happened in the Midtown area on Wheeler and Fannin, and the other in west Houston, on Eldridge and Westheimer.
In west Houston, police said a woman may have been in a crosswalk when she was hit by a car around 9 p.m. on Sunday.
Sgt. Kevin Bui with HPD said the suspect initially stayed at the scene and then left.
A person of interest was later detained and brought back to the scene, the sergeant added.
It’s unclear if that person has been charged.
Then, in Midtown, at about 1 a.m. on Monday, police said the victim was a man who walked into the middle of Wheeler Avenue, covered himself with a blanket, and laid down in the street.
Police said he was hit by two vehicles — a black sedan and a black Tahoe, and neither stopped to render aid.
“There was a third vehicle behind that that saw the complainant sit up after coming out from under the second vehicle, and that’s the one that stopped and called 911,” HPD Sgt. Dallas said. “That lady did not strike the pedestrian that was in the street.”
The man was taken to the hospital, where he died, according to police.
Neither victim has been identified.
This story comes from our news partner ABC13 Houston.