{"id":3241,"date":"2026-06-01T21:01:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T21:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=3241"},"modified":"2026-06-01T21:01:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T21:01:25","slug":"houston-crash-motorcycle-rider-dies-on-westheimer-road-man-charged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=3241","title":{"rendered":"Houston crash: Motorcycle rider dies on Westheimer road; man charged"},"content":{"rendered":"<div> <!-- --> <!-- --><p><span><strong>HOUSTON<\/strong> &#8211; <\/span>A man has been charged after a crash on Westheimer Road in Houston left a motorcyclist dead, police say.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=3238\">The unexpected killer hiding inside a firefighter\u2019s uniform<\/a><\/p> <p>Djamal Benamirouche, 48, is charged with criminally negligent homicide.<\/p> <!-- --><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3240\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1b4611ecd1f6fe423c4e1014cadeff24-768x432.webp\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1b4611ecd1f6fe423c4e1014cadeff24-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1b4611ecd1f6fe423c4e1014cadeff24-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1b4611ecd1f6fe423c4e1014cadeff24.webp 932w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n <div><p><span>Djamal Benamirouche (Photo: Houston Police Department)<\/span> <!-- --><\/p> <!-- --><\/div><\/div> <!-- --><div><\/div> <!-- --><p>What we know:<\/p> <!-- --><p>The crash occurred around 11:55 p.m. Friday in the 7900 block of Westheimer Road, near Stoney Brook Drive, in west Houston.<\/p> <!-- --><p>Police say Benamirouche was driving a Lexus ES350 eastbound on Westheimer Road, and a 39-year-old man was also riding a motorcycle in the adjacent lanes.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=3236\">Karmelo Anthony Trial: Jury selection begins for deadly Frisco track meet stabbing<\/a><\/p> <!-- --><p>Police say Benamirouche abruptly changed lanes multiple times to try to get over to the far left lane to make a U-turn, and he ended up striking the motorcycle with his Lexus.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=3231\">Dangerous and deadly Hill Country highway: How TxDOT plans to fix and widen SH 46<\/a><\/p> <!-- --><p>The rider was ejected from the motorcycle. He died at the hospital.<\/p> <!-- --><p>Police say Benamirouche remained at the scene and was arrested.<\/p> <!-- --><p>What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p> <!-- --><p>Authorities did not publicly identify the motorcyclist.\u00a0<\/p> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man has been charged after a crash on Westheimer Road in Houston left a motorcyclist dead, police say.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime-and-public-safety","category-harris-county","category-houston"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Houston crash: Motorcycle rider dies on Westheimer road; 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