Man arrested for intoxicated manslaughter after deadly wrong-way crash on IH-45, Conroe Police Department says

CONROE, Texas (KTRK) -- Police said a man was arrested on Monday for the wrong-way crash on IH-45 that killed a woman in Conroe in October.

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According to the Conroe Police Department, 911 callers reported seeing a pickup truck traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of the North Freeway at over 100 miles per hour at about 4:40 a.m. on Oct. 25. Soon after, police said they received multiple calls about a major crash that happened near the Highway 105 exit.

Investigators said the pickup truck crashed head-on into a white SUV that was traveling northbound. The driver of the SUV, who officials identified as 59-year-old Emelia Muniz, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the pickup truck, identified by police as 20-year-old Kaden Patrick Lamoreau, was taken to the hospital with serious injuries, according to authorities.

Conroe PD said that through its investigation with the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office, officers secured an arrest warrant for Lamoreau. Authorities said that after he was released from the hospital, Lamoreau surrendered himself at the Montgomery County Jail on Monday night.

Officials said Lamoreau was taken into custody on the outstanding warrant for intoxicated manslaughter, which is a second-degree felony.