A car went into the Buffalo Bayou easement near downtown this morning, and one person was dead in an apparent suicide.
Houston Fire Department rescue crews were dispatched after receiving a call after 5:30 a.m. after a man sleeping in nearby Eleanor Tinsley Park watched a Volvo careen off of Allen Parkway outbound, cross a large grassy area and enter heavy vegetation along the bank.
Police said the woman driving was dead at the scene. She apparently had left a suicide note at her residence that explained she would drive her car into the bayou to kill herself, according to womans' daughter, who spoke with police at the scene.
Mike Allen said he woke up in the park when he heard a loud bang, saw the car travel at least 65 yards across the embankment at an estimated 40 mph and go through a thick stand of bushes and trees near the water. The driver appeared unconscious.
The car didn't make it into the water, police said. The victim was 56 and had history of medical problems that police would not disclose.
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