A carjacking near Parkland Memorial Hospital last Saturday turned surreal when a Dallas man wound up getting hit by his own vehicle, police say. The victim was taken to a hospital with injuries described as non-life-threatening, and the case remains under investigation.
According to police, the robbery call came in around 6:40 p.m. in the 1300 block of Finnell Street. The victim told officers he had been standing outside his car talking when someone suddenly jumped into the driver’s seat and took off. The man tried to stop the theft by stepping in front of the car and was struck as the suspect drove away, authorities said. The accused driver was later identified as 32-year-old Miguel De La Osa Gonzalez, according to CBS News.
Arrest and booking
Officers located the stolen vehicle the following day and took a man into custody after stopping the car, then transported him to the county jail. County records describe the Lew Sterrett Justice Center as the primary booking facility for arrests in Dallas County, according to the Dallas County Jail Lookup.
How police tracked the vehicle
Dallas police said they found the stolen car on Sunday in the 9400 block of Larga Drive and initiated a traffic stop that ended with the suspect’s arrest, CBS News reported. The outlet also noted that the victim was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries while investigators continue to sort out the details of what happened.
Where this fits in a larger trend
Carjackings and motor-vehicle thefts have been getting extra attention across North Texas this year. Hoodline recently highlighted an I-30 chase showdown in Dallas that ended with another alleged carjacker in custody. Academic research has also pointed to rising motor-vehicle thefts in the region in recent years, which has complicated both enforcement and recovery. See a study in the Journal of Experimental Criminology for a deeper look at those trends.
