A driver who was fleeing from Garland Police caused a crash that ended in his own death and injured three others Wednesday night.
Richardson Police responded to a crash in the intersection of Centennial Blvd. and S. Greenville Ave. involving a sedan and pickup truck around 10:00 p.m. Wednesday.
The driver of a sedan, later identnfied as 25-year-old Luismauricio Ortiz was fleeing from Garland Police at the time of the crash.
Reports say Ortiz was was traveling at a high rate of speed going west on Centennial and entered the intersection that had a red-light for his direction of travel. The sedan struck the pickup truck that was southbound on S. Greenville Ave., in the intersection.
Ortiz was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead. Two additional passengers in the sedan and the driver of the pickup were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The names of those involved have not been relased.
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