[DM] Two brawling women were killed after they were hit by a car as their fight spilled into the middle of a busy Houston.The tragedy happened in the early hours of Wednesday near the Cullen Food Mart in the southeast of the Texas city.
Police did not confirm the women's identities, but said one was in her 30s and the other was estimated to be in her 50s.
The cause of their dispute remains unknown, but police said it was not the first time they had fought.
The women began fighting at around 3.30am and were seen rolling around on the ground while tearing into each other.Eye witnesses pulled over and tried to call the police but they were struck by a red sedan.
The women were pronounced dead at the scene.
'That sedan proceeded to continue down the street without stopping and rendering aid,' David Rose, a sergeant for the Houston Police Department's Vehicular Crimes Division, said.