Forest Brook HS student dies in car accident on US59

HOUSTON – Police reported that four North Forest 10th grade students were involved in a one car accident last Thursday morning, that resulted in the death of one of them.

Officers C. J. Mangano and M. W. Gartman of the HPD Traffic Division reported that a 2001 Ford Taurus was traveling northbound on US59, Eastex Freeway, at a high rate of speed. Conditions were wet and raining, it was reported. The driver lost control and struck a large light pole. One of the passengers was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver and the other two passengers were transported to area hospitals.

The Harris County Medical Examiner’s officer reported that the identity of the deceased student was Cedric Grimble, age 16. No information was available on the other occupants of the car.

North Forest ISD public information officer Jacque Tolbert told the Northeast News that the four were 10th grade students at Forest Brook High School.

The district provided grief counselors on Thursday and Friday, as word of the death and accident became known to the classmates.

At press time, there was no word of funeral or memorial arrangements.

The HCME’s office was still at work on Friday determing the cause of death, and had not released the body.