Bystander Injured after Suspect Fleeing Police Crashes into Vehicle on I-35 W in Fort Worth

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According to the police, officers were dispatched to reports of a domestic disturbance in the 2800 block of Texas 121 shortly before 10:30 p.m. on August 18.

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Bystander Injured after Suspect Fleeing Police Crashes into Vehicle on I-35 W in Fort Worth

Fort Worth, TX –  The police are investigating an incident in which a bystander was injured after a suspect fled from Euless police and crashed into another vehicle near Interstate 35W in Fort Worth Sunday night.

According to the police, officers were dispatched to reports of a domestic disturbance in the 2800 block of Texas 121 shortly before 10:30 p.m. on August 18.

As per the report, a woman told the responding officers that her ex-boyfriend was drunk and was trying to stop her from getting out of his vehicle, police said.

After the woman successfully got out of the car, the officers tried to contact the driver. However, the man drove off from the scene in his Jeep Grand Cherokee and the officers pursued him.

Authorities said the suspect drove recklessly with the Jeep’s headlights off. The man ran a red light at Morningside Drive and the I-35W service road and crashed into another vehicle.

The impact left a 28-year-old male passenger of the car that was struck with serious injuries. The patient was transported to John Peter Smith Hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries, as per the report.

The suspect, identified as 22-year-old Hoemro Gomez Gauna, was arrested. Guana charges of evading arrest, assault with a vehicle causing serious bodily injury, possession of a controlled substance, and intoxication assault with a vehicle causing serious bodily injury.

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