Body of woman found on Gulf Freeway downtown

Police are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found on a downtown Houston freeway after she fell out of a vehicle, authorities said.

Investigators learned the woman, in her early 20s, was the passenger in a white Chevy Trailblazer traveling south in the 900 block of the Gulf Freeway near McKinney, said Houston Police Department Sgt. C.B. Nickerson.

Just before 8 p.m., the passenger door of the Trailblazer opened and the woman fell out of the vehicle onto the freeway where she was struck by another vehicle, Nickerson said.

Both the Trailblazer and the vehicle that struck the woman did not stop. Nickerson said investigators are still trying to determine if the driver of the Trailblazer, the woman's boyfriend, pushed her out of the SUV.

A witness was able to get the license plate number of the Trailblazer and police are currently searching for the woman's boyfriend, Nickerson said.

Witnesses described the vehicle that struck the woman as a white Ford Explorer and believe it was driven by a woman.

The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Her identity was not released at this time.

Anyone with information about this case is urged to contact Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.