'TRAGIC SITUATION': A woman was hit and killed by a Houston Police Department patrol vehicle as two officers were responding to a shooting call, officials say.
The Houston Police Department says a pedestrian died after she was struck by a patrol unit on the way to a call.A woman was hit and killed by a Houston Police Department patrol vehicle as two officers were responding to a call, officials say.
Officials say the Houston Fire Department responded and attempted to provide medical assistance, but the woman died at the scene."We have a witness that has said she’s possibly a homeless person who lives in the area," said HPD Assistant Chief Wyatt Martin. "I don’t know whether she was crossing the road to go back to where she normally sleeps or if she just stepped out into the roadway not realizing the vehicle was coming. We don’t really know why she was in the roadway.
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