GRAND PRAIRIE – On a cold night in mid-December, a Grand Prairie homeowner woke up to a loud bang to find a police vehicle had crashed into her house.
“I didn’t know what was going on,” said Samantha Davis who was startled to walk downstairs to see a giant hole in her kitchen.
While Davis said she never heard from Grand Prairie Police that night, she later learned from a neighbor that on the street behind her house police officers had been chasing armed robbery suspects when one of the officers lost control of her vehicle making a sharp left turn.
According to the crash report, the police vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed and went airborne as it crashed through a fence and into Davis’ house.
According to Grand Prairie police, the officer then jumped out, leaving the door open, as she threw out stop sticks at the fleeing suspects. Shortly thereafter, police officials said the suspects were caught. Police have not released details on the armed robbery suspects, citing an ongoing investigation.