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Texas police officer flips car after accident in high-speed chase

On the afternoon of February 16, a domestic dispute led to a high-speed car chase that resulted in an auto accident, injuring a police officer.  The suspect Danny Joe Flores, 25, allegedly assaulted his wife in Clear Lake then tried to escape from police when Houston Police arrived on the scene.

The Clear Lake resident tried to run over a deputy constable, then slammed into two police cars.  One of the cars he hit was on the Gulf Freeway near Clearlake City Boulevard which did not stop the suspect who continued on to hit a police SUV near Broadway.  The last crash caused him to spin out of control and smash into a concrete wall.

The crash was not enough to subdue the suspect, who then cut a Precinct 8 constable with a box cutter.  That wasn’t the only injury, as the first freeway hit caused the police vehicle to overturn, which deployed the airbag and sending the officer to the hospital.  The officer was treated for his accident injuries and released.

Flores will be taken to county jail after he recovers from his car accident injuries at Ben Taub hospital.  According to authorities he will be charged with two counts of attempted capital murder of a police officer.

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