Carjacking suspects die in wreck
http://www.wfaa.com/img/standing/video_icon.gif 02:31 PM CDT on Wednesday, June 1, 2005
By
CYNTHIA VEGA / WFAA-TV
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Police said the stolen car hit a utility pole and a tree.
Two carjacking suspects died early Wednesday after wrecking a stolen BMW in South Oak Cliff. Police were seeking a third suspect.
Investigators said the case started unfolding at 11:45 p.m. Tuesday at the Pleasant Creek Apartments in Lancaster. The owner of a white BMW sedan said three men approached him at gunpoint and fled with his car.
The victim said the suspects fired at him five or six times as they sped away, but he was unhurt.
Within 30 minutes, Dallas police were summoned to the scene of a bad accident at South Hampton and Camp Wisdom roads involving the same car.
"We received a call from DPD that they believed they had our suspect vehicle that had crashed here," Lancaster police Lt. Jim Devlin said.
Dallas police said the driver apparently lost control, struck a utility pole, hit a tree and then overturned.
"As far as we know right now, this is just an accident that occurred; there was no vehicle pursuit involved," Devlin said.
Two men were found dead inside the vehicle. Police were working with the Dallas County medical examiner’s office to identify them, Lancaster police Lt. Joe Hall said.
“We are right in the middle of trying to figure out who these two guys are and maybe that will give us an idea of who the third guy is,” he said.
Officers searched on foot and by helicopter for the third suspect
