KATY, TX (Covering Katy News) - Riding a motorcycle with a headlight problem resulted in the death of the biker on Sunday night in Katy.
The crash happened December 3, 2023, at about 7 p.m. at Franz Road and Arrow Star Drive in unincorporated Harris County.
A 43-year-old woman was operating a Nissan Pathfinder traveling westbound on Franz Rd. She was turning onto Arrow Star Drive when she struck a Yamaha motorcycle driven by 23-year-old Demeterius Bennett. Investigators said she failed to yeild the right of way turning left.
"Bennett was transported to Memorial Hermann Hospital where he was pronounced deceased," a Harris County Sheriff's Office report said. "The Yamaha did not have a properly functioning headlight."
This case remains under investigation by the Sheriff's Office Vehicular Crimes Division.