Traffic Incident at 5100 Yale

April 11, 2007 -- Houston police are investigating a fatal traffic accident at 5100 Yale on April 10, 2007 about 3 p.m.

The victim, Abigail Medina, 14, of 302 Walt Hall Drive, was transported to Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital where she was pronounced dead.

HPD Mobility Incident Management Division Sergeant J.A. Ogden and Officers R.D. Harris and Y.K. Wood reported:

Ms. Medina was reported driving northbound on Yale at a high rate of speed when she lost control of the vehicle and struck the east curb. The vehicle flipped and Medina was partially ejected. Both her and a female passenger, 16, were transported to the hospital. The passenger suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

JGA /JFC 4-11-07
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