Houston, TX : One man died and four people were hospitalized on Saturday, May 27, 2017
One man died and four people were hospitalized Saturday night after a northeast Harris County car crash.
Around 8:45 p.m., a white Chevy Impala was headed north on Lockwood near North Sam Houston Parkway when the passenger-side tires veered slightly off the road into a deep rut on the shoulder, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office.
The driver tried steering the car back onto the roadway but overcompensated and swerved into oncoming traffic, hitting an Chevy Trailblazer.
The Impala flipped upside down and the driver and one passenger were taken to the hospital, according to the sheriff's office. A second passenger, identified as Joseph Wimberley, suffered fatal injuries. The driver is in critical condition.
Wimberley's mother said he was 23 and visiting Houston for the weekend. Other people in the car, she said, were friends.
Joseph Wimberley grew up in Houston but lived in San Marcos, where he attended Job Corps, an education and vocational training program, she said.
"It's very devastating for me right now," Traci Wimberley said.
A 10-year-old and a woman in the Trailblazer were taken to the hospital in stable condition, while the male driver refused treatment.
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1 dead, 4 hospitalized after northeast Harris County crash