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DPS: Police chase ends in fatal crash near Donna

DPS: Police chase ends in fatal crash near Donna
1 year 2 months 3 weeks ago Tuesday, August 22 2023 Aug 22, 2023 August 22, 2023 7:22 PM August 22, 2023 in News - Local

The Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating after a police chase near Donna ended in a crash that killed one person and hospitalized two others, according to a news release.

The crash happened Monday at 9:17 p.m. when a Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office vehicle attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a white Kia Optima, according to a news release.

The driver of the Kia “failed to yield to law enforcement and evaded traveling northbound on Victoria Road and disregarded a red traffic light at the intersection of Business 83, where it collided with a red Ford Ranger,” the release stated.

Erick Alberto Juarez, 27, of Pharr — the driver of the Ford — succumbed to his injuries at the hospital. Juarez’s female passenger was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.

The unidentified driver of the Kia was hospitalized with “major injuries.” The driver’s condition was not available.

The crash remains under investigation.

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