One Hospitalized after Atascocita Pedestrian Accident on Atascocita
Atascocita, Texas (October 28, 2018) – A woman was struck and critically injured early Sunday morning by a hit-and-run driver in northeast Harris County,  according to a local news source.
The accident happened at about 1:00 a.m. in the 1200 block of Atascocita.
Deputies said the woman was riding in a Dodge Avenger when she got into a heated argument with someone else inside the car. She then got out of the car and was struck by a gray or silver Nissan Frontier truck, which fled the scene after the accident.
The driver of the Avenger told the police that the woman took off her seat belt and got out of the moving car and the truck traveling beside them immediately struck her.
The woman was taken Ben Taub Hospital in critical condition.
Authorities said both the Avenger driver and the victim appeared to have been intoxicated at the time of the accident.
Deputies are looking for the suspect.
The crash remains under investigation.