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HOUSTON - A wrong-way driver on Interstate 45 caused a head-on crash just north of Houston early Sunday, killing the driver of the wrong-way vehicle and critically injuring two others, authorities said.

Fatal Crash on I-45

What we know:

The crash happened just before 3 a.m. when a Toyota RAV4 traveling south in the northbound lanes of I-45 near FM 1488 crashed into a Dodge Durango.

A wrecker driver told authorities he was traveling south on I-45 and saw the RAV4 pass him at what he estimated to be nearly 100 mph. He immediately called 911 and signaled to nearby Oak Ridge and Montgomery County law enforcement units, who began to follow the wrong-way vehicle.

The wrecker driver said he saw the crash and turned back to the scene. By the time he arrived, he said officers had al

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