5-year-old ejected from vehicle, critically injured after major crash in Pleasant Grove

The Brief

  • 54-year-old Ronnie Alcaraz is facing multiple charges after fleeing from police and crashing his vehicle into three other cars.
  • Dallas Police said Alcaraz fled after they responded to a disturbance call on Elam Road, where he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend after she refused to go to a liquor store with him.
  • A 5-year-old child was ejected from one of the vehicles impacted by Alcaraz’s car. An arrest affidavit says Alcaraz was intoxicated at the time of the crash.

DALLAS A child remains in critical condition after they were ejected from a vehicle following a crash on Elam Road caused by a suspect fleeing Dallas Police.

Elam Road intersection crash

What we know:

On August 11 at around 4:45 p.m., Dallas Police responded to an officer assist call in the 10300 block of Elam Road in Dallas’ Pleasant Grove neighborhood.

An arrest affidavit states the caller told police 54-year-old Ronnie Alcaraz, her boyfriend, had knives and was threatening to kill her after she told him she did not want to go to a liquor store with him.

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