Dallas PD responds to crash 4-hours late, despite 12-minute goal

The Brief

  • A high-speed police chase from Plano ended in a multi-vehicle crash in Dallas.
  • Dallas police took more than four hours to respond to the crash scene, despite a target response time of 12 minutes.
  • The Dallas Police Department is now reviewing the incident and its significant delay in response.

DALLAS It took more than four hours for police to arrive at the scene. By then, victims and witnesses had given up.

What we know:

Lisa Watson was driving her daughter when their SUV was rear-ended by a van in East Dallas on Tuesday evening. That van was then rear-ended by a Chrysler 300 that was speeding away from Plano police across multiple cities.

“And we’re waiting at the light to turn right into the neighborhood and bam.”

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