Just after 1015pm on Thursday MCHD received a call for a crash on SH 249 at Sentinel Oaks, just north of the Harris County line. They arrived on scene along with Magnolia Fire Department. They found a 2005 Chevrolet Malibu approximately 60 feet off the road and it had struck a tree. The vehicle was almost ripped in two. MCHD determined the victim, 20-year-old Miguel Angel Gutierrez Jr. of Tomball was dead on the scene.
DPS Investigators responded to the scene as Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office assisted with traffic control.
According to witnesses, they vehicle was driving very fast and erratic. It appeared to have come out of a left turn lane, swerved to enter the second lane and lost control. No other vehicles were involved.
DPS Investigators remained on the scene until just after 2am.
Montgomery County Precinct 5 Justice of the Peace pronounced Gutierrez dead on the scene and ordered Eickenhorst Funeral Directors to transport the victim to the Montgomery County Forensic Center for autopsy.
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