Newly released police dash camera video reviewed by the CBS News Texas I‑Team shows the final 90 seconds of a 2023 Fort Worth police chase that ended when a patrol SUV collided with another car, killing 57‑year‑old Andre Craig, an uninvolved driver.
The crash sparked a nearly three‑year I‑Team investigation into Fort Worth police pursuit policies. The department’s rules became the focus of open‑records disputes and even a city lawsuit aimed at blocking their release.
The July 2023 chase began after a FLOCK license plate reader alerted officers to a stolen Dodge Challenger in southeast Fort Worth. Officers found the car parked at a house they had visited before on other stolen‑vehicle calls. According to police records, officers surrounded the neighborhood with spike strips — part of what a supervising sergeant described in a report as an effort to “prevent a pursuit.”…