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High speed chase ends with car on fire, driver dead

by Action 4 News Staff

Posted: 05.27.2012 at 9:38 AM

Updated: 05.27.2012 at 10:35 AM

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Read more: Local, News, High Speed Chase, Man Dead, Driver Dead, Mcallen Police Chief Victor Rodriguez, Mcallen Police Department, Mcallen, Hidalgo County, Texas

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A man, who was trying to elude police on a high speed chase, crashed into the fence of an apartment complex Saturday evening.

The car burst into flames upon impact.

The accident happened on the 3900 block of Ware Rd.

McAllen Police Chief Victor Rodriguez told Action 4 News that the man was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police were trying to pull him over for a traffic violation when the chase began.

Police actually backed off a mile before the crash.

No one at the apartment complex was injured.

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