Teenager Charged In Crash Death Near The Heights On Sunday

HOUSTON, TX — A 19-year-old man evading police in a high-speed chase Sunday night has been charged with murder and aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury in a deadly car crash near The Heights. Police have filed charges against Juan Jesus Sosa-Montes after a cat-and-mouse chase on the Katy Freeway (West I-10) ended in a crash and left one person dead.

According to police, a Harris County Precinct 5 deputy constable attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a white Cadillac CTS driving at a high rate of speed on the Katy Freeway. The driver (Sosa-Montes) pulled his vehicle over to the side of the freeway just east of the Campbell Road exit and then took off to evade the deputy.

Sosa-Montes exited the freeway and continued to evade the deputy westbound on the Katy Freeway service road. Sosa-Montes then ran the red light at the intersection of Blalock and struck a blue Nissan Rogue traveling northbound on Blalock.

Debris from the crash struck a black Chevrolet Tahoe and one other vehicle. The occupants in those vehicles were not injured.

The driver of the Nissan died at the scene. The identity of the female victim, 57, is pending verification by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.

Sosa-Montes and his female passenger, 18, were both taken to Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital in serious condition.

The crash at 9300 Katy Freeway service road happened around 10 p.m. on Sunday (May 6). Sosa-Montes is charged with murder and aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury in the 184th State District Court.

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