Name withheld by police
Name: Name withheld by police
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 10/23/2020
Location: 3100 block Ridge Road
Rockwall, Texas, 75032
County: Rockwall
Agency: Rowlett Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Pursuit
Media summary: An officer saw a white Ford F250 traveling eastbound on Interstate 30 shortly after 1 a.m. with its taillights off and high-beam headlights flashing on and off. The officer reportedly believed that the vehicle was displaying a theft alarm and attempted to stop the driver. The driver did not stop and the officer pursued east into Rockwall, where the vehicle left the roadway, crashed through a fence, and landed in the backyard of a home before becoming engulfed in flames. The passenger inside the vehicle, a 16-year-old girl, was able to escape the crash while the driver, also a 16-year-old girl, burned to death after becoming trapped inside the burning truck.
Unique ID: 29015
News article: Link
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