A mother and her 9-year-old son were killed, and five other people were injured in a three-car crash in downtown Houston early Monday.
The collision occurred shortly after 12:45 a.m. on the North Freeway near the Dallas and Preston exit when a red Ford F-150 drove the wrong way, crashing into a Mitsubishi Outlander and a Nissan Rogue.
The 33-year-old mother and her son, who died in the crash, were occupants of the Mitsubishi. The father and 10-year-old daughter survived but are in critical condition.
Police said all four family members had to be cut out of the wrecked vehicle.
The two occupants of the Nissan were also injured but are not in critical condition.
The 44-year-old male wrong-way driver is under arrest after he underwent surgery. Investigators are determining whether impairment is involved.
“If I knew he was intoxicated, he would already be charged,” Sgt. David Rose with the HPD’s Vehicular Crimes Division.
