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11-Year-Old Driver Pins Woman to Death in Houston Crash

Authorities are awaiting forensic confirmation of the victim’s identity ahead of notifying her family

Stock photograph showing a Houston Police uniform patch on April 6, 2024 in Houston, Texas.
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Overview

  • Police questioned all individuals who remained at the scene of Thursday’s crash and released them as the investigation proceeds.
  • Investigators have not yet determined whether charges will be filed or whether the child driver and victim were related.
  • The 11-year-old was operating a black Chrysler Town and Country at the pedestrian’s instruction when the woman became trapped between it and a parked Toyota Sequoia.
  • Houston Fire Department paramedics transported the 54-year-old pedestrian to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead by medical staff.
  • The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences is conducting victim identification and will notify next of kin once the process is complete.