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On Thursday, September 21, at around 6:43am, Richardson Fire/EMS and Police responded to a major accident at the intersection of N. Plano Road and E. Lookout Drive.

Investigators determined a motorcyclist was traveling southbound on Plano Road and the vehicle was turning left onto Lookout Drive from northbound Plano Road when a collision occurred at the intersection.

Richardson paramedics transported the 53-year-old motorcyclist to a local hospital, but he succumbed to his injuries.

Police say the vehicle did not yield to the right of way of the motorcycle.

The crash remains under investigation.

At 5:03am this morning, Fort Worth Fire Department, Police Department, and MedStar EMS responded to a crash in the area of I35W and North Loop 820.

When officers arrived, they located single vehicle crash involving a pickup truck that crashed into a bridge support pillar in the grassy median.

One person was pronounced deceased at the scene.

FWPD’s Traffic Investigations Unit is investigating the crash.

District Attorney Greg Willis announced that Artemio Yanez, 56, of Plano, was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to Murder. “Brutally stabbing an innocent victim 63 times shocks the conscience. Permanently getting this dangerously violent man off the streets allows others to live their lives in peaceful safety,” stated Willis after sentencing.

On June 8, 2021, at 6:00 p.m., Plano Police Officer Jonathan Theis responded to a parking lot in east Plano in reference to a stabbing call. On the way to the scene, dispatch notes updated that the suspect had fled in a white van and a witness to the offense was following him in his vehicle.

Officers on scene of the stabbing found a victim unconscious and bleeding out in the driver seat of his van. Other officers stopped the suspect’s van and detained Yanez, who was not wearing a shirt and appeared to have blood on his arms and cheek. A search of his van recovered a bloody 6-inch knife.

A second eyewitness came forward at the crime scene with a video of the offense he recorded while he was also in the parking lot. In the video, Yanez is observed standing outside the victim’s van at the driver side, repeatedly stabbing the man as he sat in the driver seat.

The autopsy revealed 63 stab wounds on his body. Plano detectives were unable to determine a motive behind the murder or any confrontation that appeared to take place beforehand, only noting that both Yanez and the victim appeared to be living out of their vans for an extended period.

During the punishment phase, prosecutors also presented evidence of Yanez’s violence against other inmates and detention officers while he has been detained in the Collin County jail, as well as his prior convictions, including assault bodily injury and driving while intoxicated.

After hearing all of this evidence, Judge Angela Tucker sentenced Yanez to life in prison.

Assistant Criminal District Attorneys Ashlyn Scott, Calli Bailey, and Justin Dotzel prosecuted the case, aided by District Attorney Investigator Stephanie Strickland.

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On Sunday, September 17, at around 7:08pm, several emergency responders from Ellis County were called to the scene of a serious crash involving an ATV at Boz Road and Greathouse Road southwest of Waxahachie.

DPS troopers say a ATV occupied by four juveniles was traveling westbound on Boz Road and failed to stop at a stop sign. A pickup truck traveling northbound on Greathouse Road collided with the ATV in the intersection.

The ATV was occupied by four juveniles: a 16-year-old female, a 12-year-old boy, a 14-year-old female, and a 14-year-old boy. The 12-year-old male and 14-year-old male have succumbed to their injuries.

The couple in the pickup truck were transported to a local hospital with injuries.

The investigation into this crash is ongoing.

[Update] – DPS originally listed the 16-year-old female as the driver, but are still investigating who was operating the ATV.

On September 16 at around 3:00am, University Park Police were dispatched to a one vehicle accident in the 3600 block of Northwest Parkway near Thackery Street.

When UPPD officers arrived on scene, DPD officers and a Dallas Fire Rescue crew were already providing emergency care to the driver, who was the only occupant of the vehicle.

Police say the vehicle struck a tree in the median area between Northwest Highway and Northwest Parkway. “Although the vehicle was apparently driving at a fairly high rate of speed at the time of the accident, there were no skid marks.”

Dallas Fire Rescue transported the driver to a local hospital, but she was pronounced deceased. She has been identified as a 34-year-old.

The crash remains under investigation.

At around 4:00pm today, Everman Fire/EMS and Police were dispatched to a crash in the 200 block of Shelby Road near Thomas Place.

A female pedestrian was struck by a cargo trailer from a pickup truck as it traveled along Shelby Road. The woman sustained significant injuries in the accident, prompting Everman paramedics to call for CareFlite.

A CareFlite helicopter airlifted the woman to a Fort Worth trauma center with life-threatening injuries.

The incident remains under investigation.