Driver Killed in Fiery Crash on Shields Street near Channelview

SUV Drive Dies in Shields Street Fiery Crash near Channelview in Harris County

Channelview, Texas (April 3, 2017) – According to a local news source, one person was killed early Monday following a fiery crash near Channelview in Harris County.
The accident occurred early Monday morning in the 700 block of Shields Street.
Reportedly, a driver of a 1999 Ford Explorer was traveling at a high rate of speed when he took a turn too fast and lost control of his vehicle. The vehicle went off Shields Road and crashed into a ditch that was filled with and water.
As per the report, the Explorer got stuck in the mud, and as the driver tried to get the car out of the ditch, the vehicle caught fire.
The man was severely burned to death in the incident.
The man has not yet been identified.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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