Houston police are investigating a fatal crash at 1100 South Loop West (South Interstate Highway 610 West) about 1:05 a.m. today (March 19).
The identities of the deceased males are pending verification by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.
HPD Vehicular Crimes Division Sergeant D. Rose and Officer J. Johnson reported:
The driver of a Nissan Sentra was traveling at a high rate of speed eastbound on the South Loop West just before the entrance ramp to State Highway 288 and struck a silver Harley Davidson VT600 motorcycle, believed to be disabled or slow-moving, in the unprotected median between the exit lanes and the main lanes of the freeway. The Nissan then struck a metal barricade between the exit ramp and the main lanes.
Responding Houston Fire Department paramedics pronounced the male operator, 38, of the motorcycle and the male driver of the Nissan deceased. A female passenger, 34, in the Nissan was transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The investigation is continuing.