The two-car collision occurred early Saturday after a driver sped through a red light at a downtown intersection, police said.
Former NFL player D.J. Hayden and two of his former college teammates died in a two-car crash that police said killed six people after a driver sped through a red light at a downtown Houston intersection early Saturday. Two others were injured.
The Houston Chronicle reported that Hayden, a first-round draft pick by the Raiders in 2013, and his former University of Houston teammates, Zachary McMillian and Ralph Oragwu, were among those killed in the crash. A fourth former UH football player, Jeffery Lewis, survived the accident, according to the newspaper.
The crash happened around 2 a.m., after a black Chrysler sedan that appeared to be going «very fast» through a red light on Fannin St. collided into a black Acura SUV that had a green light on Pierce St., Houston Police Asst.
