Harris Co. Sheriff's Office

A man who told police his Lexus accelerated and had faulty brakes when he slammed into a concrete sign has been charged with murdering his wife, who died in the crash at a grocery store parking lot in southwest Houston earlier this year.

Pedro Ferman, 48, is accused of killing Palma Garcia Marlen-Beatrice, 30, of Houston, who died after the wreck, which happened in the 11140 block of Fondren on the morning of May 13, police said.