A woman is in custody in the Houston area, charged with child endangerment after a crash fueled by road rage left two of her young children hurt. The case has drawn attention to the dangers of confrontations behind the wheel, this time with small children caught up in the aftermath.
According to investigators, the crash happened on Tomball Parkway, a busy roadway on the northwest side of the Houston area. Authorities said the collision came after a bout of road rage escalated on the road.
As the situation unfolded, the woman lost control of her vehicle and slammed into a set of crash barrels along the roadway. The impact brought the vehicle to a violent stop against the barriers meant to absorb such collisions.
Two young children, ages one and two, were inside the vehicle at the time of the crash. Investigators said the children were not properly restrained, and both were injured when the vehicle struck the barrels.
In the wake of the crash, the woman was taken into custody and charged with child endangerment in connection with the incident. Authorities pointed to the presence of the unrestrained toddlers in the vehicle as central to the charge she now faces.
The exact circumstances that led to the road-rage confrontation were not immediately detailed, and the investigation into how the crash unfolded was continuing as authorities pieced together what happened on Tomball Parkway.