Police chase through east Dallas suburbs ends with crash, death of 2-year-old girl
A 2-year-old girl is dead after a suspected drunk driver led police on a chase through two east Dallas suburbs Saturday, according to Garland police.
Adrian Maldonado, 19, has been arrested.
“Police are charging Maldonado with Intoxication Manslaughter, three (3) counts of Intoxication Assault, and Evading Arrest with a Vehicle Causing Death of Another,” a news release from Garland police said.
His passenger, 19-year-old Denise Vivas, also was arrested in connection with evading arrest, according to the news release. Both were being held at the Garland Detention Center.
The chase started just after 10:30 p.m. when a vehicle was spotted running red lights and traveling at excessive speeds around Garland’s Broadway Boulevard and Oates Road, two blocks from Interstate 30, according to the release. Police said an officer turned on his emergency lights and attempted to stop the vehicle, but it sped up.
Police gave chase through Garland and into Mesquite along Interstate 30 and Interstate 635, pursuing the vehicle for about five minutes, according to the release.
A Department of Public Safety helicopter joined the chase before officers stopped pursuing in hopes that the vehicle would slow down and reduce danger to the public, police said.
That’s not what happened, according to the release. Police said the helicopter continued tracking the vehicle as it at times reached 100 mph.
The vehicle ended up in Dallas, traveling westbound on Northwest Highway, where police said it ran a red light and struck another vehicle crossing the intersection at Shiloh Road.
The 2-year-old girl in that vehicle was ejected from the car, police said, while a 3-year-old boy and two adults sustained serious injuries, according to the release.
Two people tried to flee the scene of the crash on foot, according to the release, but Garland police later apprehended them with assistance from the DPS helicopter.
This story was originally published May 24, 2020 at 2:39 PM.