Teen dies after crashing into flatbed truck near Kingwood

HOUSTON – A teenage driver was killed Tuesday (February 14, 2012) night after crashing into the back of a disabled flatbed truck in northeast Harris County.  Harris County Sheriff’s deputies said a flatbed truck was traveling north on the Eastex Freeway at North Park Plaza when the truck got a flat tire around 11 p.m.  The truck driver was trying to move the truck from the center lane to the shoulder when an 18-year-old speeding in a Toyota 4Runner slammed into the back of the flatbed, according to deputies.  The teen was pinned inside the Toyota until he was pried out by heavy rescue. He was transported to LBJ Hospital, where he later died.   The driver of the flatbed was not hut.