Police Pursue Finishes With Flamy Crash, Standoff Along Interstate thirty in Arlington
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Driver taken into custody after a two-hour police standoff inwards tractor-trailer along eastbound I-30 in Arlington.
One car catches fire after being pinned inbetween the flatbed trailer and the highway retaining wall. Several cars struck during pursue.
The truck belongs to Pesado Transport of Socorro, Texas, and was hauling large sheets of copper that were splashed along I-30.
The driver of a flatbed tractor-trailer who held police at bay following a multi-city pursue that ended with a flamy crash and hourslong standoff Friday along Interstate thirty has been booked into the Tarrant County Jail.
Jose Luis Cano Olivas, 35, faces charges of aggravated attack with a deadly weapon and evading arrest in a vehicle.
The pursue embarked in western Fort Worth at about 12:30 p.m. and ended twenty minutes later approximately seventeen miles away in Arlington when the truck crashed and came to rest underneath the Cooper Street overpass.
The standoff ended with police taking Olivas into custody at about Three:30 p.m.
Westbound lanes of Interstate thirty were back open soon after the standoff ended. However, the eastbound lanes were closed until about eight p.m. as crews continued clearing debris from the shoulder.
Police and medics were seen tending to Olivas and placing a bandage on his head shortly after the standoff ended. He was then placed on a stretcher and taken from the scene in an ambulance.
Officials said Olivas had been booked into jail shortly before ten p.m.
Witnesses Describe I-30 Pursue, Flamy Crash
People who were caught up in the middle of a high-speed pursuit and crash Friday on Interstate thirty describe the intense situation.
Fort Worth police said officers attempted to stop the tractor-trailer after the driver hit several vehicles on Interstate thirty near Montgomery Street, but the driver refused to pull over and instead led officers on a pursue through downtown and east into Arlington, sometimes hitting speeds of one hundred mph.
Pursue Finishes in Flamy Crash in Arlington
The westbound lanes of Interstate thirty remain closed in Arlington after a tractor-trailer led police on a multi-city pursue that ended in a flamy crash Friday afternoon.
The driver hit several cars along Interstate thirty before the final crash in Arlington at about 12:45 p.m.
That crash involved at least two extra vehicles, including one that caught fire after becoming pinned inbetween the flatbed trailer and the highway retaining wall. Fort Worth police said the driver of the pinned car was able to escape the bruised vehicle and was hospitalized for injuries that were not life-threatening. A 2nd person from a vehicle struck by the tractor-trailer was taken to a hospital for treatment of a minor neck injury.
With the truck disabled, Arlington and Fort Worth police officers took a defensive position behind a concrete barrier and pointed their guns toward the tractor while awaiting SWAT officers to arrive and negotiate the driver’s give up.
People Observe As Police Standoff Finishes Along I-30
Curiosity had many people attempting to get as close as they could to the police standoff following a flamy crash along Interstate thirty in Arlington.
Arlington SWAT arrived at the scene at about 1:40 p.m. About an hour later, as SWAT continued to negotiate with the driver, a sniper team took up a position on the Cooper Street bridge overlooking the cab of the truck. From behind a ballistic shield, SWAT officers set up a high-powered rifle pointed directly into the truck’s cab.
After more than an hour of negotiations, officers broke through the windshield and liquidated the windshield from the cab. A brief time later, the man was taken into custody.
“It was like a movie,” said Tamer Awad, who observed the drama unfold from the sidewalk alongside I-30. “This stud, I don’t know what he was thinking. I don’t think he was in his right mind.”
SWAT Busts Out Tractor’s Window
Arlington SWAT officers rip out the windshield of a tractor-trailer involved in a pursue and flamy crash Friday, June 9, 2017.
Fort Worth police said early on that there appeared to be a woman in the cab of the truck, however Arlington police later confirmed the driver was the only person inwards.
According to the Fort Worth Police Department, the truck spilled its blast of copper when it collided with the highway retaining wall.
“Maybe that’s why he stole it, because he wished to get the copper,” said Cameron Miller as he observed investigators. “It’s not worth that. Copper is nothing compared to these lives out there.”
A MedStar EMS spokesman said there were at least five cars with harm from the speeding tractor-trailer, and paramedics treated a dozen people from those crashes, albeit only two were transported.
Driver Delton Vaughn Hit by Passing Truck
Delton Vaughn told NBC five he was driving along Interstate thirty when he was hit by a tractor-trailer leading police on a multi-city pursue.
Delton Vaughn told NBC five he was driving along Interstate thirty when he was hit by the truck as it passed.
“The truck came up from up behind me and I witnessed it in the rear-view mirror, and then the next thing I know the trailer comes across, cuts across and side swipes my car and embarked going eastbound towards Dallas,” Vaughn said.
Juan Ramirez and his family are in town from San Angelo to feast his daughter’s bday at Six Flags Over Texas. They were on their way to the park when the tractor-trailer rear-ended them.
Ramirez Family Hit by Tractor-Trailer in Police Pursue
Juan Ramirez and his family are in town from San Angelo to feast his daughter`s bday at Six Flags Over Texas. They were on their way to the park when the tractor-trailer rear-ended them.
The family of six is fine and all walked away with no injuries. His son, Dominic, also told NBC five he was sitting behind the passenger seat playing with his sister when they felt the influence. He said he just held on to his sister and closed his eyes.
“All of a unexpected I just felt an influence from the backside, and the next thing I know we’re railing the wall,” Juan Ramirez said. “The trailer of the semi has us pinned against the wall. I was able to keep the vehicle in the lane, fortunately, and as it pinned us against the wall, we railed it for a little bit, straightened us out. As we came to a stop, it just kept going.”
Barbara Mays was a witness to the end of the pursue. She was approaching the Cooper Street exit when the tractor-trailer sped past her with police in pursuit. She said moments later she heard a “boom” and then began to see smoke.
Woman Witnesses End to Tractor-Trailer Police Pursue
Barbara Mays was a witness to the end of the pursue. She was approaching the Cooper Street exit when the tractor-trailer sped past her with police in pursuit. She said moments later she heard a «boom» and then embarked to see smoke.
The truck is wielded by Pesado Transport, of Socorro, Texas. Proprietor Javier Rodriguez told NBC five the truck is his, however he was attempting to figure out what was happening.
“I’m getting a thousand calls. We’re attempting to figure it out right now,” Rodriguez said.
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