HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — A 5-year-old girl is dead and her mother seriously hurt after a wrong-way crash with a possible drunk driver Friday night, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office .
The crash happened around 8:30 p.m. on East Mount Houston Road near the Shadowlake Estates community.
HCSO said the 5-year-old girl was riding in a Cadillac sedan with her mom headed east on E. Mount Houston Road when a 20-year-old man, identified by Sheriff Ed Gonzalez as Carlos Garcia Pineda, driving a Nissan SUV headed west crossed over lanes and hit them "nearly head on."
All three were rushed to a hospital. Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said the 5-year-old girl "was unrestrained in the backseat" and died on the way to the hospital. Her mother suffered major injuries, but is expected to survive.
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