Deadly weekend: Nine people dead in four separate crashes on North Texas roads

It was a deadly weekend on North Texas roads. In all, nine people were killed in four separate crashes between Saturday and Sunday.

ONE DEAD AFTER CRASH DURING GRAND PRAIRIE POLICE PURSUIT

The Grand Prairie Police Department said a driver trying to evade a police officer crashed into a disabled car, leaving the driver dead.

Grand Prairie police say an officer patrolling the 1100 block of E. Main Street at around 1:45 a.m. Saturday saw a Chevrolet Camaro that began driving suspiciously, as if the driver was trying to lose the officer.

Police said the officer, believing the Camaro may be stolen, attempted to stop the driver for an observed traffic violation. The driver pulled into a parking lot, but when the officer got out of his patrol vehicle, police said the driver sped off and got onto Interstate 30 eastbound with the officer in pursuit…

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