Driver stopped on freeway for high-speed driving, Houston TX

Traffic

Reported: 08/17/2025 09:27 PM (PDT)

Eastex Fwy, Houston, TX

Officers stopped a red GMC on Eastex Freeway after reports of reckless driving and a white van doing about 90 mph. The GMC moved toward the service road and then pulled over for a traffic stop.

Audio|Source: Houston Police Department - All Districts

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Transcript:
Do you want to go ahead? Black male, 49-year-old, black shirt, green shorts. I have no there info. GPLA[1], GPLA, speeding our coast driver, last seen, west side tent outbound in Greenhouse Road. Cars reporting white van, doing 90 miles per hour on the freeway, GPL only, GBLA. 1835. Can you send their dispatcher a message and find out because it's been over an hour, like, and they had already left before I arrived this thing? I don't have a direct link to the dispatcher. I'll send a message to Washington and see they can get a hold of H-O-V. We're behind Red GMC license plate VXF 890. He's currently trying to get on the service road. Stand by, he just pulled over. All right, it's 106626-EastX freeway. Only traffic stop. Okay, Air, it's closed.

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GPLA: Speeding/Coast Driver

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