Car Collisions Leave Bicyclist, Pedestrian Dead in Houston

HOUSTON, TX — The incidents took place about a mile and a half and a few hours apart late on Wednesday evening, and resulted in the deaths of two men. One was walking in the 10200 block of Mesa Drive when was struck by a car around 10:30 p.m; in the second collision, a man was biking westbound on Tidwell Road when he was knocked off of his bicycle by a hit-and-run motorist.

Larry Crowson, a lieutenant with the Houston Police Department, referring to the first incident, said the area in which the man was walking lively played a role in his death.

"This is a kind of desolate area with low light," Crowson said, as reported by the Houston Chronicle. "That may have played a factor in the accident." The driver whose car hit the pedestrian remained at the scene, and police officials said he did not appear to be intoxicated.

Authorities have not released the identities of the victims.

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