E. R.L. Thornton Freeway & Bank St. — Approximate Pursuit End And Crash Site
A routine traffic stop in Seagoville turned into a 45-minute, high-speed ordeal that tore through three Dallas neighborhoods before ending with a driver cornered in a backyard shed. Seagoville police said the Ford Mustang topped 100 mph westbound on U.S. Highway 175 after its driver fled the stop, eventually limping along on three tires and a heavily worn wheel before crashing through a fence.
According to FOX 4, the pursuit carried officers through South Dallas, Pleasant Grove and East Dallas before the Mustang finally gave out near East R.L. Thornton Freeway and Bank Street, crossing a grassy area and crashing through a fence. The driver, identified as 28-year-old Cody Brown, then ran into a backyard on nearby Garland Avenue and hid inside a shed.
A Standoff in the Backyard
Brown tried to block the shed door after officers repeatedly asked him to surrender, the station’s report states. Dallas police officers then fired pepper-ball rounds into the shed, forcing him out. Officers arrested Brown at the scene for evading arrest, and no injuries were reported in connection with the pursuit…