Five From the Houston Area, Including Three Children, Killed When Their SUV Went Off an I-10 Overpass in Seguin
A man, a woman and three children from Harris County died Sunday afternoon when their eastbound black Chevy Tahoe veered off Interstate 10, went off the overpass and landed on FM 725, Seguin officials say. Their names have not been released, and police are still investigating the cause.
Five people from the Houston area - a man, a woman and three children - were killed Sunday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash off Interstate 10 in Seguin, city officials said. They were riding in a black Chevy Tahoe traveling eastbound when the SUV veered off the highway, went off the overpass and landed on FM 725 below. No other vehicles were involved.
Seguin Public Information Officer Jennifer Sourdellia confirmed the five were from Harris County. The crash happened near the intersection of FM 725, shortly before 1 p.m. by KTSA's account of the city officials' timeline, and the road was closed for more than five hours while first responders worked the scene. Authorities reopened the roadway shortly after 6 p.m. Sunday.
Officials have not released the victims' identities, and they have not said whether the five were related. Both of those facts belong to the families and the investigators first, and this story will carry the names only when officials release them. What officials did share, through the city, was their condolences: authorities offered their thoughts and prayers to the families, ABC13 reported.
The Seguin Police Department is investigating what caused the Tahoe to leave the highway. No cause has been announced - not speed, not weather, not a medical event, not a mechanical failure - and none will be speculated on here. An eastbound Sunday drive home from the Hill Country is one of the most ordinary trips a Houston family makes; for these five people it ended on FM 725. When Seguin police release the cause, or the names, this station will file the update.
