HOUSTON – A man is dead after crash involving an 18-wheeler early Saturday morning in the Channelview area.
The crash happened at 3:22 a.m. on Bayou Drive in the 16600 block of the East Freeway eastbound service road.
The Harris County Sheriff’s Office said Miguel Camarillo, the driver of an F-150 truck, traveling east, hit the 42-foot trailer of the 18-wheeler as the truck entered the intersection at the 200 block of Bayou Drive. Authorities said the F-150 truck did not stop at the four-way stop sign and struck the heavy truck’s right side.
Camarillo died at the scene.
HCSO said speed is likely a factor and intoxication will be determined as soon as tests can be done.
The 18-wheeler driver, Ashley John Abshire, was not hurt.
This case remains open and under investigation by the Harris County Sheriff’s Office Vehicular Crimes Division.