Fort Worth Police arrest suspected drunk driver after fatal pedestrian crash

The Brief

  • Police said on June 11, a suspected drunk driver ran into and killed a pedestrian crossing E Rosedale Street in Fort Worth.
  • The driver continued driving with the pedestrian on the hood of his car into a nearby parking lot. The pedestrian was pronounced deceased at the scene.
  • The suspect, 35-year-old Jory Durst, was arrested and has been charged with intoxication manslaughter.

FORT WORTH, Texas Fort Worth Police say a suspected drunk driver killed a pedestrian on E. Rosedale Street on Thursday evening.

Fatal Fort Worth drunk driving crash

What we know:

The Fort Worth Police Department says on June 11 at around 7 p.m., a vehicle driving at a high rate of speed in the 4000 block of E Rosedale Street hit a pedestrian crossing the street.

The car continued driving with the pedestrian on top of it until stopping at a business near E Rosedale Street and Miller Avenue.

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