Fort Worth, Texas - A high-speed chase in Fort Worth ended in tragedy early Saturday when a van fleeing a state trooper flipped and caught fire, killing two juvenile occupants and leaving three others with serious injuries.
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, a trooper spotted a white van speeding through the intersection of Northeast 28th Street and Lulu Street, in the Diamond Hill area of north Fort Worth, around 2:30 a.m. When the trooper tried to pull the van over, the driver took off, and the trooper briefly lost track of the vehicle.
Moments later, the trooper located the van overturned and engulfed in flames near the end of Oscar Avenue, just north of Northeast 31st Street. The trooper and responding Fort Worth police officers pulled several injured passengers from the wreckage before emergency crews arrived.
The teenage driver and a minor riding in the back seat died at the scene. Three other occupants — two minors and an 18-year-old man — were rushed to area hospitals with serious injuries. Authorities have not released the names of the minors involved, and DPS says the crash remains under investigation with no further details expected to be shared at this time.
