Driver of stolen car killed in crash during police chase in Midlothian, cops say
A driver was killed and a passenger was critically injured in a crash during a police chase in North Texas on Sunday, May 11.
About 11 a.m., Mansfield police officers were alerted to a vehicle that had been reported stolen entering the city on Farm Road 917, according to a news release.
Officers found the suspect vehicle in the 1800 block of Towne Crossing Boulevard. The vehicle, occupied by a driver and front-seat passenger, fled from officers and entered southbound U.S. 287 from the 900 block of North Walnut Creek Drive, police said.
Police said the driver continued to evade officers as the car entered Midlothian, southeast of Mansfield.
Around the 4000 block of West U.S. 287, the driver was going the wrong way — south in the northbound lanes — and crashed into another vehicle, police said.
The driver of the car police were chasing was thrown out during the crash and pronounced dead at the scene. The front-seat passenger was transported by helicopter ambulance to Methodist Central Hospital in Dallas in critical condition, police said.
All occupants of the vehicle that the suspect hit were taken to Methodist Mansfield Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
The driver and front-seat passenger of the suspect vehicle have not been identified, police said.
Police confirmed that the vehicle was stolen from the city of Grand Prairie.
Midlothian police are conducting the accident investigation, according to the release.
This story was originally published May 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM.