Landon Wade Pieper, 21, of 6 Jewelsford in The Woodlands has been booked into the Montgomery County Jail on Intoxication manslaughter charges stemming from a crash on May 25, 2013.
Just af ter 9 p.m. Saturday, May 25, 2013 DPS responded to a major accident in the 26000 block of FM 2978. When they arrived on the scene Magnolia Fire Department was in the process of removing victims from two vehicles. All three were critical causing MCHD to request two Life Flight helicopters. The first helicopter left with the victims of a 2003 Subaru SUV. Julio Reyes 42, of Tomball and his 15-year-old son Andres. The Julio Reyes died on arrival at Hermann Hospital in Houston.
The second helicopter transported 21-year-old Landon Pieper of The Woodlands who was driving a 1997 Nissan. He to was flown to Hermann Hospital in Houston in critical condition.
According to DPS Sgt. Terry Barnhill, the yet unidentified driver in the Subaru was southbound on FM 2978 with his son when Pieper, who was northbound crossed the center line striking the Subaru head-on. Barnhill believes alcohol did play a factor in Landon crossing the center line. FM 2978 does have rumble strips down the center line to alert drivers that they have crossed over.
The Montgomery County District Attorney’s Vehicular Crimes Unit also responded to the scene to assist in the close to five hour investigation. Part of that investigation involved putting the vehicles back together like a puzzle at the first slammed into each other.
