Crime

Woman arrested by Southlake police after chase ends on Alliance Gateway Freeway

Police told KTXA-TV they arrested a woman who passed out in her car after fleeing police.
Police told KTXA-TV they arrested a woman who passed out in her car after fleeing police. Dreamstime via TNS

Southlake police arrested a woman suspected of drunk driving after a car chase Monday afternoon, according to KTVT-TV.

A spokesman for Southlake DPS did not immediately reply to a request for information.

Police told KTVT the woman was driving erratically and officers tried to stop her when she began to flee. She stopped on Alliance Gateway Freeway/State Highway 170, near Highway 377 in north Tarrant County, and passed out. Police broke the passenger-side window and placed her into custody, doing a field sobriety test, CBS 11 reported.

Police have not announced any charges the woman may be facing.

James Hartley
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
James Hartley was a news reporter at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram from 2019 to 2024
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