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Lake Worth police said officers started the chase after they saw the car commit a traffic violation. LAKE WORTH, Texas — Four people were injured after a car flipped upside down following a police chase that started in Lake Worth. Police said the crash happened at Northwest Centre Drive near Strawn Lane on Wednesday evening..
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Lake Worth police said officers started the chase after they saw the car commit a traffic violation.
LAKE WORTH, Texas — Four people were injured after a car flipped upside down following a police chase that started in Lake Worth.
Police said the crash happened at Northwest Centre Drive near Strawn Lane on Wednesday evening. Three men – 28-year-old Eric Conde, 18-year-old Xavier Lopez, and a 16-year-old male not identified by police – and a 13-year-old girl were sent to the hospital, according to police.
Lake Worth police said officers started the chase after attempting to initiate a traffic stop for an equipment violation. The vehicle did not stop, and a short vehicle pursuit ensued, police said.
“We don’t have very many vehicle pursuits,” Lake Worth Police Chief J.T. Manoushagian told WFAA. “But our officers are specially trained, our supervisors are specially trained to make decisions in those high-stress environments.”
Lake Worth police said the pursuit lasted nearly 60 seconds, and the vehicle struck a curb in the 2900 block of Northwest Centre Drive. The impact of the crash caused the vehicle to overturn in a nearby field, and three occupants of the vehicle were ejected, police said.
It was determined there were four occupants of the vehicle while officers provided aid. All four were transferred to local hospitals by MedStar Mobile Healthcare. As of Thursday afternoon, the 13-year-old girl was in critical condition, Conde and Lopez remain hospitalized in serious but stable condition, and the 16-year-old male had been treated and released, police said.
Police said they found found the following in the car: 22 grams of cocaine, 10 grams of black tar heroin, two pistols and other drug paraphernalia items.
22g cocaine, 10g black tar heroin, & 2 pistols were recovered from the vehicle. Three of the four occupants remain hospitalized in critical, but stable condition – including a 13 yo female who was unrelated to the occupants. The possibility of a sexual assault is also being… https://t.co/Ofy5Ka5zXI pic.twitter.com/3vW25DCcLG
— Lake Worth Police Department (@LakeWorthPD) February 16, 2023
Lake Worth police also said the girl was 13 years old and unrelated to the men in the vehicle. The possibility of a sexual assault is also being investigated.
All three men will be facing charges, according to Lake Worth police.
A warrant check revealed that Conde was wanted for engaging in organized criminal activity out of Tarrant County, and Lopez was wanted for assault causing bodily injury (family violence) out of Austin County.
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