Tow truck driver leads police to possible driver in fatal hit-and-run crash (TX)

[TowNews]

HOUSTON - One man is dead and another is a person of interest after a hit and run crash in north Houston.

 

According to authorities, the crash happened around 10:30 p.m. Sunday on the North Freeway near Mt. Houston.

 

When police arrived, they found a man in the road. He had been struck by a vehicle. He was transported to a hospital where he later died. 

 

A tow truck driver who witnessed the incident followed the driver to a home in the Imperial Valley area and alerted authorities, police said. 

 

Officers said they detained and questioned that driver before releasing him. That man remains a person of interest in the case.

 

Investigators are working to determine why the driver fled and if he was impaired at the time of the crash.

 

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