HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- Authorities said a wild string of events led to multiple car accidents and at least one person dead in northwest Harris County early Saturday morning.

According to the Harris County Sheriff's Office, the incident began with a fight between family members, reportedly about child custody, after 2 a.m. Deputies said a man involved in the argument stole someone's red pickup truck from a gas station.

The family members then tried to flee, authorities said, before the man in the stolen truck began to chase them.