TOMBALL CITY MANAGER DIES IN SINGLE-VEHICLE CRASH IN WALLER CO.

  

The city manager and former police chief for the City of Tomball died Saturday in an accident in Waller County.

Robert Hauck was killed in a one-vehicle crash that occurred at 1 p.m. Saturday, about four miles northwest of Magnolia.

According to DPS Sergeant Stephen Woodard, Hauck was driving southeast on FM 1774 and was approaching the intersection of Riley Road.  Woodard said Hauck then, for an unknown reason, drove off the roadway into a ditch, striking a traffic light pole.  He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Hauck served as the city’s police chief from 2008 to 2014.  He then served as assistant city manager from 2014 to 2018 before being selected as city manager in 2018.  He was named by the Greater Tomball Area Chamber of Commerce as their 2020 Citizen of the Year.

Hauck is survived by his wife, Kathleen, and three children Lauren, Conner and Madeline.