HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) – A woman is in critical condition after falling off an overpass in northeast Houston.
Two other people, including a Houston police officer, were also hurt, according to authorities.
It happened on the I-69 Eastex Freeway near Laura Koppe Road around 9 p.m. Sunday.
Houston police said it all started when the young woman’s car broke down in one of the southbound lanes of I-69.
Police said she turned her hazard lights on and got out of her car to call for a tow truck. While she was standing outside of her car, HPD said another car hit her, sending the woman over the retaining wall.
HPD said she fell somewhere between 25 and 30 feet. She was taken to the hospital, where officials say she is in critical condition.