HOUSTON — Charges have been filed after a 20-year-old woman was struck and killed in the westbound lanes of the Katy Freeway early Thursday.
Luis Guzman 32, is charged with felony driving while intoxicated (3rd offense) and failure to stop and render aid, according to the Houston Police Department.
It happened around 1:40 a.m., shutting down all lanes near T.C. Jester for several hours.
Commander Deese with the Houston Police Department said Guzman and the victim were arguing in a truck when the deadly incident occurred.
"Investigators believe there was an altercation between the driver and the victim and she was either struck by the pickup truck or was pushed out of the moving vehicle," police later stated in a press release.
“Many people promptly stopped to try and render aid to her,” said Deese.
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Deese said the man knew he ran over the woman, and he exited the freeway and came back to the scene, where the woman was pronounced dead.
The freeway did not fully reopen for about four hours.