goal, KPRC, 2 investigates.
>> In less than a year, there
have been 2 fatal head-on
collisions involving wrong-way drivers on the Westpark Toll
drivers on the Westpark Toll
Road. And in both cases, a
wrong-way detection system did
not trigger an alert.
>> So tonight, KPRC, 2
investigator Robert Arnold
continues pushing the Harris County Toll Road Authority for
County Toll Road Authority for
response. He also talk to a
mother who wants answers and a
driver who was nearly hit during the most recent crash.
during the most recent crash.
>> I asked one of my favorite
pictures of It’s easy for
Lindsay Locke to get lost in
her memories. She had
unforgettable smile.
>> Get lost in the sound of
the voice on the cusp of stardom. released her first
stardom. released her first
album at the Age of 17 Self
written has.
>> Almost a million streams
box daughter Jalen Chatman to
with Vijay. Renee was killed last April during a riff. It
last April during a riff. It
crashed on the Westpark
Tollway.
>> They informed me that there
was an accident and the other
victims were at the hospital. But J wasn’t there. That’s
But J wasn’t there. That’s
when I started cause more.
>> Police say 33 year-old
Bobby Brown was intoxicated
when he got on the Westpark
toll roads going wrong direction. He got on the toll
direction. He got on the toll
road from along with that
action system should notify
the toll Road authority. They
had a wrong-way driver on the
West Park.
>> That way they could have notified law enforcement and
notified law enforcement and
other drivers on the road. I
didn’t happen. According to
the Harris County Toll Road
Authority. The sensors in this area had been turned off.
area had been turned off.
>> Because of nearby freeway
construction. However, the
sensors were turned back on
the same day we started asking
questions. Is that a good enough answer for you?
enough answer for you?
>> That’s a partial answer
with that question. Still
resounding in locks had
imagine the sting she felt
when less than a year after
her daughter’s death, she saw this.
>> 2 people are dead and 2
others injured following a
head on collision. Another
driver precinct 5 deputy say got on the West Posto going
got on the West Posto going
the wrong way. He was an
inside Lane Lane. One. I was
in Lane 2 for, you know, I
like pad.
>> Moment Lyft driver Jose
Lazo had to pull up quickly. Uber to avoid getting hit by
Uber to avoid getting hit by
the driver of the Chevy dialed
9-1-1. In sound out later.
What happened?
>> There’s a fatality. man.
Just a guy almost hit me.
>> Precinct 5 deputies say the driver, Harry Kane’s was
driver, Harry Kane’s was
believed to be going. 75 miles
an hour when he slammed into
his private ambulance, killing
himself. A paramedic and
critically injuring 2 other people.
>> My concern was like I
thought they had the Texans on
the West part. They do except
precinct. 5 officials say the
wrong-way detection system did
not activate. >> The distance from Post Oak
>> The distance from Post Oak
to the point of impact just
passed tough on drugs. It he’s
4 and a half miles that would
have taken Haynes past
multiple sensors, according to
this toll road map. And that’s a big concern for us because
a big concern for us because
it’s going to happen again.
We’ve repeatedly asked the
toll road authority why the
system didn’t activate during
this latest crash. You paid more than 1.2 million dollars
more than 1.2 million dollars
for the system is designed to
help protect you to deserve
this answer except the toll
road authority isn’t talking. The alert system wasn’t
The alert system wasn’t
working on the Eldridge
Parkway exit in the past, the
toll road authority was up
front can answer these
questions, not just after Jay
Renee scratch, but also after
a 2017 fatal crash sensors
didn’t pick up on a wrong-way
driver getting on the West
Park and Eldridge Parkway.
>> This time, though, the toll
Road authority says he can’t
talk because of pending
litigation. Extra did,
however, tell us the system is
tested weekly monthly on a bye
annual basis. Well, this
technology, we should know
where people come the wrong way. Drivers like Lazo are
way. Drivers like Lazo are
counting on it.
>> mean, what else is not
working that were taxpayer.
They were paying all this
money for. Harris County Toll.
Road Authority says its
contractor has not yet
finished a review of the wrong
way alert system following
last month’s crash. And once
that’s complete, they will
provide an update.
>> In the meantime, some tips
to avoid a wrong-way driver
try to scan as far down the
road as possible. Don’t focus.
So, Leon, just what is in
front of you, if it’s late at night, try and stay in the far
night, try and stay in the far
right lane because a wrong-way
driver thinking they’re going
the right likely be in the far
left lane. if you do see a
wrong-way driver coming toward you, take your foot off the
you, take your foot off the
gas and pump the brakes that
way you won’t lose control