ATASCOCITA, Texas (KTRK) -- The Harris County Sheriff's Office is investigating a major crash that they say killed a couple in the Atascocita area on Friday morning.

Authorities confirmed two people on a motorcycle were killed and a pickup truck driver was injured in the incident along FM 1960 E at about 3:45 a.m.

"Preliminary -- the motorcycle was traveling at a high rate of speed when the pickup truck pulled out in front of him, and the collision actually happened in the intersection at that time," Dashana Cheek with HCSO said.

Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said the man driving the motorcycle died at the scene. He said a woman, who was his passenger, was taken to the hospital by Life Flight, but she also died.

"I was told that they were husband and wife," Cheek said. "I was not advised of any

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