Spilled wet cement likely cause of deadly head-on crash on Old Humble Road in NE Harris County
Deputies said a cement truck malfunctioned and spilled wet cement on the road before the crash.
Author: Chloe Alexander
Published: 6:21 AM CST February 14, 2020
Updated: 6:21 AM CST February 14, 2020
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — Spilled wet cement is likely to blame for a crash that killed two people Friday morning in northeast Harris County, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez.
The accident happened on Old Humble Road near Bender Road shortly after 6 a.m.
Sheriff Gonzalez said right before the accident a Lattimore Materials cement truck malfunctioned spilling wet cement on the road.
That's when a woman drove over the wet cement, lost control and crashed head on to another vehicle on the other side of the median, Sheriff Gonzalez told KHOU 11.
The woman and the driver of the other vehicle died on scene.
There were no other passengers in the vehicles.
The intersection is still closed at this time.
Update: @SheriffEd_HCSO calling factors leading up to this double fatal crash “a perfect storm.”
Says a cement truck malfunctioned spilled wet cement onto road, a woman lost control of SUV, crossed wet grassy median crashing head on into car driven by a man. #khou11 #htownrush https://twitter.com/michellekhou/status/1228309580821733376 …TRAFFIC ALERT 1/2: A heartbreaking scene @ Old Humble Rd & Bender in NE Harris Co. @HCSOTexas say two drivers died this morning, after one driver drove over wet cement spilled on street, lost control, crossed median & slammed head on into another car. #khou11 #htownrush