Stolen truck and trailer after a high speed chase in Texas Friday (Arlington Police Department photo)Police have identified the suspect in Friday’s high speed chase of a tractor/trailer on I-30 in Texas and charged him with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and evading arrest.
Jose Luis Cano Olivas (Fort Worth Police Department photo)The suspect, who police identified as Jose Luis Cano Olivas, 35, of El Paso, was charged after being released from John Peter Smith Hospital in Forth Worth Friday.
Police say the chase began Friday afternoon when Olivas, driving a stolen tractor pulling a flatbed trailer fled police, who tried to stop him on I-30 in Forth Worth. It ended in Arlington after Olivas struck another vehicle and crashed into a retaining wall of the Coper Street overpass.
During the chase, as many as five vehicles were struck and 12 people injured, though none seriously.
A standoff with police continued for at least two hours, but ended without further incident at 3:20 p.m. Central.
The Forth Worth Star Telegram reports the owner of Pesado Transport in Socorro near El Paso confirms the tractor and attached flatbed trailer were stolen from that company.
Crews continue to clean up EB I-30 in Arlington hours after a fiery crash involving speeding 18-wheeler & police. https://t.co/4UPOmhoxTE pic.twitter.com/c6MkhqpapO
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A witness describes the police chase that ended in a fiery crash in Arlington on Friday. https://t.co/jvz3buJsXu pic.twitter.com/PTmYjM5Nv8
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#BREAKING: Occupant of 18-wheeler involved in high-speed chase on I-30 in Arlington is now in custody, police say: https://t.co/o8KrBydY2O pic.twitter.com/7VWyKqtRDE
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A man who was hit by the 18-wheeler on I-30 during the police chase in Arlington describes what happened. More: https://t.co/IInU5Qx8ll pic.twitter.com/PHldxNZvsd
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