At least one person was killed and four others were injured when a vehicle crashed into a building in Atascocita, a community in the Houston area, on Tuesday afternoon. The crash drew a large emergency response to the scene, where police and first responders worked at a storefront that had been struck by the vehicle.
The building that was hit is part of a row of shops and sits next to a haircutting business, according to the coverage of the scene. Aerial images from above showed officers surrounding the location as they worked to secure the area and tend to those who had been hurt in the sudden crash.
Authorities said at least one person died and four others were injured in the incident. The casualties turned what would otherwise have been an ordinary afternoon at a neighborhood storefront into a deadly scene, with emergency crews treating the injured and investigators beginning to document what had happened.
The crash affected traffic in the surrounding area, near the intersection of Westlake Houston Parkway and FM 1960. With the storefront damaged and the investigation underway, the immediate area around the scene was cordoned off as crews and police carried out their work.
As of the latest reports, it remained unclear exactly what led up to the crash. Investigators had not said what caused the vehicle to strike the building, and the circumstances that sent it into the storefront were still being examined as part of the inquiry into the deadly incident.
Crashes in which a vehicle ends up inside a building are a recurring and often serious type of incident, and this one carried a heavy toll with one person dead and four hurt. Authorities were expected to continue investigating the cause as they pieced together how the vehicle came to crash into the Atascocita store.