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A crash that claimed the lives of two people on the southbound lanes of the Gulf Freeway near El Dorado led to the Freeway being closed for about three hours. A 28 year old man, Michael Petty, has been charged with two counts of intoxication manslaughter by Houston Police.
According to police, Petty was speeding and driving in an unsafe manner just before the crash, weaving in and out of other cars on the freeway. While weaving, he clipped a pickup truck which caused it to roll.
When the pickup truck rolled over and crashed, the driver and passenger were killed. The identities of the deceased have not been released, but it is known that the driver was 55 years old and the passenger was 67. Petty, however, was not injured in the collision.
It is unclear whether the pickup truck occupants were wearing seat belts when the crash happened. One person was thrown from the truck when it rolled, and the other remained inside the vehicle.
After the crash Houston Police administered a field sobriety test, which Petty failed. He was then taken into custody so police could administer a blood test to clearly establish his blood alcohol content.
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