By BOBBY HORN JR.
Four people were killed June 24, when a driver on Hwy 59N, made a U-turn into oncoming traffic and hit another vehicle head-on.
Houston Police say Eddie Golden was traveling in a white Buick north on Hwy 59 near Beltway 8 when he struck another vehicle traveling in the same direction.
For some unknown reason, Golden did not stop but made a U-turn on the highway near Greens Road. Traveling the wrong way in the northbound lanes of the freeway he hit a Ford Taurus driven by Tanika Gale Smith head-on. Also killed in the crash were Falicia Charles and Smiths son, 3-year old Mickey Stewart. Injured were Lyric Stewart, 6 and Bearian Smith, 4.
Police said the women were in the front seat of the Taurus and the children were in the back seat when the two vehicles collided. Smith was wearing a seat belt. Its unclear if others in her car wore seat belts.
After hitting the Taurus, Goldens Buick struck a red Pontiac, police say. The driver of that vehicle, Ruby Luna, suffered only minor bumps and bruises.
A quick-thinking driver alerted police to the situation as it was occurring. Police say that a witness saw the initial accident and called it into police on a cell phone, then followed Golden as he turned into the oncoming traffic.
Golden and the two women were killed on impact, police said. The boy died the following day at Memorial Hermann Hospital. The condition of the young girl is being withheld.