Lou Reed Fatal Car Crash on SH 7 in Houston County
Lou Reed ID’d as Man Killed in Houston County Multi-Vehicle Crash on SH 7 near Neches River
Lou Reed Fatal Car Crash on SH 7 in Houston County
Houston County, Texas (August 25, 2018) – The man who was killed Friday afternoon in a multi-vehicle collision which also left one other person hospitalized in Houston County has been identified as Lou Reed, 43, of Crockett.
The fatal collision happened at about 12:20 p.m. August 24, on State Highway 7, just west of the Neches River.
DPS said Reed was driving a Pontiac westbound on the highway when for unknown reasons his vehicle swerved into the eastbound lanes and hit the side of a truck tractor semi-trailer.
An eastbound Kia then hit the passenger’s side of Reed’s Pontiac. The Pontiac was struck a second time by an eastbound Chevrolet Tahoe.
Reed was declared deceased at the scene.
The truck tractor semi-trailer driver Everett Obriant, 74, of Livingston, was uninjured in the crash. The Kia driver, Ashley Schevers, 35, of Cedar Park, was taken to a hospital with unknown injuries.
The Tahoe driver, Katherine Gomez, 51, of Lufkin, was not injured in the crash.
The crash remains under investigation.
