Overview

• Memorial Village police attempted a traffic stop Saturday after spotting a vehicle without taillights and did not pursue per departmental policy.
• Officers encountered the same car Sunday on Westheimer Road and the driver fled again, running multiple red lights.
• The driver collided with two vehicles near S. Gessner before crashing into a white Crown Victoria at Fondren and Westheimer, and his vehicle caught fire.
• The fleeing driver was pronounced dead at the scene, while occupants of the impacted vehicles suffered minor, non-life-threatening injuries.
• The Harris County Medical Examiner’s Office is examining the charred remains to confirm the driver’s identity, and HPD is analyzing video, photographs and measurements to reconstruct the crash.