Quick Facts:
Where: The accident occurred on Interstate 69 in Montgomery County, Texas.
What Happened: A motorcycle allegedly crashed when the tire’s tread separated.
Participants:
- Driver of motorcycle
- Passenger on motorcycle
Reported Injuries/Fatalities:
- Passenger on motorcycle, killed
- Driver of motorcycle, injured
Details:
On or about Sunday, April 17th, 2022, around 6:00 in the evening, a major single-vehicle motorcycle accident left a woman dead and sent a man to the hospital. Representatives from the Department of Public Safety said the accident was reported along Interstate 69 in Montgomery County, Texas.
Law enforcement representatives from the Texas DPS said one as-of-yet unidentified woman was killed and a man was injured when the motorcycle they were on crashed when the tire came apart at the tread while driving along I-69. Emergency responders pronounced the woman dead a short time after they arrived at the scene accident, while the man was taken to the hospital with injuries of an unknown nature or severity.
According to Google Maps, the scene of the accident is a short distance from Roman Forest Drive.
Multiple agencies from the area responded to assist at the scene of the crash.