1 woman dead, 2nd injured, and driver remains at large

One woman died and another was seriously injured after possibly being tossed from a moving car, Houston police said.

The car's driver, a man who later abandoned it, was still at large Friday night.

Police said one of the women was found about 8:40 p.m. Thursday in the 20900 block of the westbound Katy Freeway near Westgreen. A short time later the second woman was found along the freeway near Texas 99, said Kese Smith, spokesman for the Houston Police Department.

The first woman was in serious condition at a nearby hospital.

The second died at the scene. She had been hit by several passing vehicles and police at first believed she was the victim of a traffic accident. Investigators later determined she had been pushed from or jumped out of a vehicle.

Whether either woman had been shot was unclear.

An autopsy is scheduled.

Smith said the man abandoned the car - a baby-blue Dodge Magnum - near where the second woman was discovered, and ran away.

Smith said anyone who may have been driving on the Katy Freeway about the time or the incident and near where the women were found, and who noticed anything possibly connected to the incident is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713 308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 222-TIPS.

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