Stolen car chase leads to one death, others injured

At approximately 11 a.m. May 11, Mansfield police officers were alerted to a vehicle entering the city on FM 917 that was displaying a stolen license plate.

Officers located the suspect vehicle in the 1800 block of Towne Crossing Boulevard. The vehicle, occupied by a driver and front-seat passenger, fled the area and entered U.S. 287 southbound from the 900 block of North Walnut Creek Drive.

The suspect vehicle evaded officers and entered Midlothian. In approximately the 4000 block of West U.S. 287, the vehicle was in the northbound lanes of traffic while traveling southbound. The vehicle collided with another vehicle.

The driver of the suspect vehicle was ejected and pronounced deceased at the scene. The front-seat passenger was transported by CareFlite to Methodist Central Hospital in Dallas in critical condition. All occupants of the second vehicle were transported to Methodist Mansfield Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.

At this time, the driver and front-seat passenger of the suspect vehicle have not been positively identified.

The vehicle was confirmed stolen from the city of Grand Prairie.

The investigation is ongoing. Midlothian police are conducting the accident investigation.

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