A driver is dead after a speeding SUV blew through a red light at Elam Road and South Buckner Boulevard in southeast Dallas, slamming into his Chevrolet Camaro and sending it crashing off the road into a fence around a construction site. The SUV driver bailed out and ran before officers arrived, leaving investigators to review surveillance footage in an effort to identify the driver.
Dallas police officers responded to the two-vehicle crash at the intersection on Sunday, according to FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth. Investigators said a Ford SUV was traveling westbound on Elam Road at a high rate of speed when it ran the red light and struck the southbound Camaro. The impact was violent enough to propel the Camaro off the roadway and into the fence.
The Camaro’s lone occupant, an adult man, suffered critical injuries in the crash. Dallas Fire-Rescue paramedics rushed him to a local hospital, where he died shortly after arriving, per the station’s report. His identity has not been released, as police work to notify his next of kin.
Driver Ran Before Officers Could Arrive
The SUV driver did not stick around. According to the same account, that driver left the scene on foot before officers reached the intersection, abandoning the vehicle involved in the deadly crash. Dallas police’s vehicular crimes unit took over the scene, closing the intersection for several hours to collect evidence and review surveillance footage in hopes of identifying the person responsible…