Woman arrested,

By Landan Kuhlmann landan@theleadernews.com

A woman has been charged in connection to an auto-pedestrian accident that killed a man earlier this month in the Garden Oaks/Oak Forest area, according to the Houston Police Department.

Michele Livesay, 53, has been arrested and charged with failure to stop and render aid in a crash involving injury as well as Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) – second offense, according to Harris County court records. She remained in jail as of Tuesday, according to court records, with her combined bail set at $30,100.

The identity of the victim is still pending an autopsy from the county’s

By Landan Kuhlmann landan@theleadernews.com

Fire investigators are still working to determine what caused an abandoned warehouse to go up in smoke in the Independence Heights area last weekend, accord- ing to the Houston Fire Department.

There was nobody reported hurt as a result of the fire, according to the department.

HFD said first responders were called to fire at a warehouse in the 5500 block of Yale Street near Tidwell medical examiner, according to HPD. He was pronounced dead at Ben Taub General Hospital on April 9, according to the department.

The man was crossing the street –not in a crosswalk – at 4700 N. Shepherd Dr. just after 12:30 a.m. on April 2, according to police, when a white Hyundai Elantra driving north hit him. Responding patrol officers later allegedly found the driver, alleged to be Livesay, a short distance away from the scene according to HPD. She was subsequently arrested and charged, according to the department.

Paramedics transported the victim to Ben Taub later that night, according to police, and he was pronounced dead on April 9.

Road just after 4 a.m. last Sunday, April 9, to find fire coming from a large abandoned warehouse at the site.

Crews from stations 15, 30, 31, 34, 58, and 67 helped extinguish the fire, according to the department, and nobody was found inside the warehouse.

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The department estimated the fire did about $60,000 worth of property damage, according to HFD, though arson investigators are still working to determine the cause of the fire and how it initially originated.