Officials have released the identities of the two victims in a fatal car accident in Channelview.
The two victims were identified as Crystal Njepu, the 39-year-old driver, and Anna Njepu, Crystal’s infant daughter.
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The accident happened late in the afternoon on Friday, April 25. Crystal was driving near the 17300 block of Market Street.
Crystal reportedly suffered a possible medical emergency, causing her to leave the roadway and veer onto a gravel path on the south side.
The vehicle came to an abrupt stop for about one minute. Moments later, it accelerated forward into a grassy area and subsequently into the water. The car began to sink rapidly and was carried by the current under a nearby bridge.
A witness who stopped to help entered the water and managed to break the back window of the vehicle. This courageous act allowed the witness to rescue the front passenger and the back left passenger from the vehicle, who were children between the ages of five and seven.
Unfortunately, the driver was found unresponsive and showed no signs of life when emergency medical services arrived on the scene.
During the extraction of the vehicle from the water, Anna was discovered in the back right passenger seat, also with no apparent signs of life.
The case remains active and is under investigation by the Harris County Sheriff’s Office’s Vehicular Crimes Division.
