Jermaine Thompson Killed, Leila Hamadeh, 3 Injured in Car Accident on Loop 610 in Houston, TX
UPDATE (March 31, 2025): Authorities identified one of the injured persons as 32-year-old Leila Hamadeh, who was reportedly seriously injured. Right now, additional details remain unclear.
UPDATE (March 17, 2025): Harris County officials identified the victim killed in the crash as 51-year-old Jermaine Thompson. The people injured in the crash were two adults and two children. Their exact conditions weren't specified. Investigations are still ongoing.
Houston, TX — March 11, 2025, one person was killed and four were injured due to a car accident at 5:00 p.m. on Loop 610.
According to initial details about the accident, it happened along main lanes of South Loop in the area of Braeswood Boulevard and South Post Oak Road.
Investigators said that a three-vehicle collision occurred after one of the vehicles drove the wrong way, hitting another vehicle. The third vehicle swerved to avoid the crash and ended up hitting the barricade. Due to the crash, one of the drivers was killed.
Four others, including two children, were taken to the hospital. All are "expected to survive." Additional details about the crash are unavailable at this time.
Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman
It's not surprising to see people in the public speculating that this may have been alcohol-related. I've handled many wrong-way driver cases, and they virtually always involve highly intoxicated drivers. That makes it important not just to investigate the possibility of intoxication but also the possibility a local alcohol provider unlawfully over-served that driver to the point they got on the wrong side of a major freeway. Evidence might show there's a complicit establishment here who needs to be held accountable.
That said, all possible factors are worth attention. It's not exactly common for there to be drunk drivers at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Was there some kind of emergency? Did the driver have a medical condition? Was this an issue related to poor signage or faulty road design? Even if something seems unlikely, a person lost their life. That at least warrants a thorough investigation to get as much evidence as possible rather than just jumping to the most obvious conclusion.
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