3 killed, 4 injured after car crash in Harris county

Three people were killed and four people following a car crash on early Saturday in northwest Harris County, Texas after a Toyota RAV4 and a Toyota Sienna minivan crashed.

Officials were notified of the incident around 1 a.m. to Barkers Branch Drive and Barkers Cypress Road.

Multiple passengers in the minivan were ejected from the automobile after the crash.

Two were pronounced dead by first responders and another one succumbed to injures at the hospital.

Four others involved suffered injuries and were admitted to the hospital. They include a minivan driver and two passengers, as well as the RAV4 driver.

The crash took place when Sienna minivan couldn’t yield at an intersection while trying to make a left turn onto Barkers Branch Drive. The RAV4, traveling north on Barker Cypress Road, then hit the right, back quarter of the minivan.

The RAV4 driver admitted to having been intoxicated.

The investigation into the crash is ongoing.