45-Year-Old Kendrick Lyons Killed in Pleasant Grove Street Racing Crash on South Masters Drive at Cushing Drive

Pleasant Grove, Texas (February 17, 2020) – One person was killed, and another was seriously injured in a street racing crash early Sunday morning in Pleasant Grove, according to the Dallas police.

The fatal crash happened around 5:11 a.m., February 16, at the intersection of South Masters Drive and Cushing Drive.

Police said Kendrick Lyons, 45, of Dallas, was driving his Nissan Sentra across South Masters Drive when he was struck by a black 2010 Camaro that was traveling southbound on Masters Drive.

The force of the impact caused Lyons’ vehicle to hit the median curb, and he was ejected. He was thrown across three northbound lanes of Masters Drive and into a front yard. 

Lyons’ car continued to spin severally, and it caught fire as it came to a halt in the right and middle lanes of southbound 500 N. Masters Drive.

Lyons was pronounced dead at the scene. He would have turned 46 on Tuesday and was on his way to donate plasma when the crash happened.

The black Camaro driver, a 23-year-old man, had been racing a gray 2016 Camaro driven by Alejandro Valdez, 27, at a rate of high speed on South Masters Drive when the crash happened.

The driver of the black Camaro continued a short distance before stopping on the curb. He was taken to a local hospital with serious internal injuries.

Valdez struck a curb and a mailbox before he stopped. He turned himself into the police. He is being held in the Dallas County Jail on Sunday afternoon.

Valdez and the other driver are facing a charge of racing causing death.

The crash remains under investigation.

We pass our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Kendrick Lyons.

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