HOUSTON — A man was hit and killed this morning after he got out of a burning vehicle in the HOV lane of the Eastex Freeway.
METRO officials said that around 5:20 a.m. a driver got out of their vehicle after a car fire in the HOV lane of US-59/I-69 inbound at Aldine Mail Route Road.
According to officials, the driver was then hit by another vehicle and pronounced dead. The driver who struck the person stayed at the scene.
An investigation into the crash is ongoing.
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