041814 MVA FATAL US 290

Описание: A young boy was killed Friday evening about 5:30 in a big rig accident on Highway 290 near the Grand Parkway/Mason Road and involved an 18-wheeler and two other vehicles.

The driver of the 18-wheeler admitted to texting and that's when he rammed into a Kia at full speed.

The boy, 9-years-old, was sitting in the backseat. He was killed. His mother and sister were in the front seat and suffered injuries in the impact.

The impact caused a chain reaction involving two other vehicles. DPS said the Kia that took the initial hit from the 18-wheeler was stopped in traffic, and had no way of escaping what came from behind.

The impact was so hard that the rear driver's side of the Kia was touching the front driver's seat, the trooper said.

The impact also pushed the Kia forward, hitting a Toyota Camry and a Ford F-150. The big rig was pulling a Bobcat-type tractor, and Standifer said skid marks were several hundred feet long.

The driver of the Camry was taken to a hospital. Her condition was not available late Friday. The driver of a Ford was taken to the hospital with leg pain.

"It's a damn mess," said DPS Trooper Richard Standifar. "The back seat and the back trunk area is pushed up to back of the driver and passenger seat."

The victim's mother and sister were transported by LifeFlight to the hospital.

US 290 was closed past midnight.

The crash which was in Harris County is normally investigated by the Harris County Sheriff's Office Accident Team. However Friday has been one of the deadliest nights with 10 people losing their lives in both Harris and Montgomery County. When this crash was dispatched, Harris County Sheriff's Office was already involved in the investigation of four other fatal crashes. Montgomery County DPS Troopers were called in to assist Harris County DPS Troopers in this crash.