Houston police officer was hospitalized after an HPD vehicle was struck while officers were responding to a traffic hazard on the 610 Loop early Thursday morning.

According to police, officers were responding to a report of a semi-truck that had leaked some of its payload onto the roadway.


Officers were blocking traffic on the freeway while crews dealt with the hazard when a speeding pickup truck slammed into an HPD vehicle.

One officer was transported to a hospital and is expected to be stable.

The pickup truck driver, described as a Hispanic woman in her 20s to 30s, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police have not yet identified the woman.

It is not immediately known whether intoxication played a role in the crash.

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