The woman who police say drove the wrong way in the southbound lanes early Thursday, killing a Jeep Cherokee driver, is charged with intoxication manslaughter.

TxDOT says road work will force the closure of the ramp linking the southbound lanes of the two highways, starting at 9 p.m. Friday.

Police estimate the woman drove the wrong way on the North Freeway for about 10 to 15 minutes before the crash.

Monica Rosenda Valdez, 32, is accused of crashing a Ford F-150 into a Jeep on Interstate 45 and killing the vehicle's driver.

Houston police say the driver has been charged with intoxication manslaughter for the crash that left a 56-year-old man dead.

A follow up to that deadly crash on I-45 North Freeway and Crosstimbers Street that was covered live Thursday morning on CW39.