{"id":4191,"date":"2026-06-11T11:31:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T11:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=4191"},"modified":"2026-06-11T11:31:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T11:31:22","slug":"century-plaza-crash-woman-driving-intoxicated-common-law-husband-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=4191","title":{"rendered":"Century Plaza crash: Woman driving intoxicated, common law husband killed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>HARRIS COUNTY, Texas<\/strong> &#8211; <\/span>The Harris County Sheriff&#8217;s Office is investigating a deadly crash involving an intoxicated driver in the Century Plaza area.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=4189\">Texas AG Paxton investigates FIFA over World Cup ticket seating changes<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<h2>Man killed in north Houston<\/h2>\n<p>What we know:<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>According to Deputy Vasquez, they were called to Century Plaza Drive, north of Greenspoint, around 11 p.m about a crash.<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>A vehicle was reported to be going eastbound, failed to stay in a single lane and the driver lost control of the vehicle before going into a grassy medium.<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>Deputy Vasquez says the male passenger was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=4187\">Trump\u2019s arch construction schedule could require \u201920 hours per day, year-round,\u2019 NPS report says<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>The female driver was taken to the hospital where it was determined she was intoxicated, officials said. She was taken into custody and is facing intoxicated manslaughter charges.<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>According to authorities, the woman said she was going 60 mph at a 35 mph speed limit.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=4184\">New Harris County Flood District leader needed ahead of Thursday vote, local expert says<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>Deputy Vasquez reports the man and woman are common law married.<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>Officials do not know where the couple was coming from.<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A woman is in custody after allegedly driving a vehicle intoxicated and crashing, killing her common law husband, Harris County officials said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime-and-public-safety","category-harris-county"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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