At about 6:20 a.m., Splendora Police were dispatched to a reported female walking in the mainlanes of I-69 near FM 2090. Units were unable to locate her. At 6:56 am Sunday morning East Montgomery County Fire was dispatched on an auto/pedestrian crash on I-69 at FM 2090. Units arrived to find a female lying in the southbound-to-northbound U-turn lane. CPR was initiated, but medics arrived and pronounced the female deceased. Splendora Police began the investigation. An 18-wheeler driver arrived back at the scene and told officers he was southbound on the main lanes of I-69 when a female walked across the freeway in front of him. His truck suffered damage to the right front. The impact threw the female off the overpass to the access road below. The freeway was closed for just over two hours as police investigated the crash. The scene was cleared just after 11 am. The female who has not yet been identified was transported by Eickenhorst Funeral Dirrectors was transported to the Montgomery County Forensic Center for autopsy.
