HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) A woman is dead after investigators say she was struck by a woman who ran a red light in northwest Houston.
The crash happened around 8:30 p.m. Monday at the intersection of Antoine and West Gulf Bank Road. Police say the driver was upset moments before the crash.
According to Sean Teare with the Harris County District Attorney s Office Vehicular Crimes Division, the at-fault driver, 28-year-old Lohortenes Sanders, had just left a nearby apartment complex after getting into some sort of fight.
Investigators say Sanders hit a parked car while trying to leave and fled the scene, traveling eastbound on West Gulf Bank Road towards the intersection.
He’s my twin brother; we’re only 30. He shouldn’t have died.” Molly Ladner, sister to hit and run victim Christopher Houlihan
By R. Hans Miller | News Editor
Harris County Sheriffs Office investigators are looking into an accident that took the life of a pedestrian in the 18,200 block of Keith harrow Boulevard at about 4:40 a.m. Dec. 7, HCSO representatives confirmed. The pedestrian, Christopher Houlihan, 30, was struck either while crossing at a crosswalk or walking in the inside lane of the roadway when struck.
“The vehicle fled the scene traveling westbound. Mr. Houlihan was found at the scene with no signs of life. This case remains under investigation by the Harris County Sheriff’s Office Vehicular Crimes Division,” an HCSO statement said.