High-Speed Chase Ends In Death
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Reporter: By Steve Fullhart, KBTX-TV

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(February 28, 2008)--A high-speed chase through a pair of Texas counties ended in a wreck and a shooting.

It began just after midnight Friday morning when a driver sped off from a traffic stop in Waller County.

Authorities say after crossing into Washington County at speeds of more than 100 miles per hour, the car left the road near Routt Road and Riverside Plantation in Chappell Hill, hitting trees and a fence.

When authorities approached the car, they say shots rang out.

The driver was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot.

As of Friday afternoon, the driver had not been identified, but the car had been involved in a carjacking and armed robbery in Houston, and 28 tablets of MDMA or ecstasy and 34 grams of methamphetamine was found inside, along with other items believed to have been stolen.


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Posted by: Me Location: Temple on Feb 25, 2008 at 02:30 PM
Does the date really matter? Hell the idiot got what he deserved. It just stinks that he put our good men/women not to mention innocent individuals in that kind position!!!

Posted by: becky on Feb 23, 2008 at 12:59 AM
The date is wrong on this article.

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