HOUSTON – Houston police are investigating the death of a man who was struck and thrown from an elevated portion of the Sam Houston Tollway overnight.
Authorities say the man's car broke down on the tollway near Imperial Valley. A friend arrived and tried to help him tow it off the road, but they had to get out and push the vehicle. That's when a Toyota sedan approached from behind and struck the victim's car.
Photos: Man struck, killed on N. Sam Houston Tollway
The man was thrown from the overpass onto the lower frontage road below. He died at the scene.
The investigation was still underway early Thursday as family members, including his mother, watched from the side of the tollway.
Sources at the scene earlier said the man's brother was with him when he died, however authorities say it was a friend.
The tollway fully reopened shortly before 5 a.m.