Two Dead in Separate, Similar Accidents

Circumstances are eerily similar in two separate accidents where drivers were killed when their vehicles left the roadway and crashed into ditches.

Harris County Sheriff's Department officials say that around 3:30 a.m. Sunday, a driver was killed when their vehicle left the northbound lanes of Veterans Memorial near Spears Road and entered a ditch on the east side of the roadway.

Officials report that the vehicle struck a concrete culvert and rolled onto its roof.

A witness stopped to assist the driver but no signs of life were found by emergency crews on scene, say officials

Around 2:30 a.m. Sunday, the sheriff's department reports that in a separate accident, an unidentified driver lost control while traveling westbound in the 8000 block of Humble Westfield at a high rate of speed.

The sheriff's department reports that the driver was ejected when his vehicle left the roadway and rolled several times after crashing into a ditch.

Emergency crews arrived on scene, but found no signs of life with the driver, say officials.

Both accidents are under investigation by the Harris County Sherriff's Department.