Micheal Chukwuebuka, Reporting
A head-on crash left one person dead and two vehicles were damaged near a park on the city’s northwest side.
According to the Houston Police Department, officers received a call about the wreck at 3:50 p.m. Thursday in the 15300 block of Clay Road near War Memorial Soccer Park.
Police said a vehicle went over the median and hit another head-on.
According to ABC13, witness who called HPD reported that one of the cars may have ignited at one point.
First responders called for Life Flight. Police later confirmed a fatality from the scene but couldn’t elaborate on other injuries.
Police shut down Clay Road in both directions as their Northwest Patrol and Vehicular Crimes Division officers investigate.
ABC13 traffic anchor Elissa Rivas said the crash unfolded in a major thoroughfare for those in west Houston neighborhoods north of Interstate 10.











