Six people were killed and nine others injured when a truck that was being chased by police crashed into a security barrier at a Navy base on the Gulf Coast of Texas, a base spokesman said Thursday.
The crash happened late Wednesday, when an extended-cab pickup slammed into a security barrier outside the naval air station in Kingsville, south of Corpus Christi, spokesman Jon Gagne told CNN. The GMC Sierra was being chased by a Kingsville police cruiser  about 11:15 p.m. when it ran a checkpoint outside the air base at high speed, Gagne said.
Earlier reports that a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol vehicle also was involved in the chase were incorrect, CBP spokesman Michael Freel told CNN.
Police chases are scary and other traffic is always in jeopardy. Perhaps a workable alternative or additions to assist those chasing can be examined for the safety of others.
Should not have tried to outrun the law.
Very poorly written story. Of the 9 people, how many were in the truck? Were some gate guards? bystanders? I know no more of value now than I did before I read the story.