A wild chase led by a suspected human trafficker ended with the vehicle colliding with a branch for the Texas Department of Public Safety. Following the collision, a picture shows at least six workers erupting from the stolen delivery vehicle.
A Lockhart, Texas citizen was detained and charged with several crimes after a pursuit that culminated in the off-road collision, according to Lt. Chris Olivarez, a spokesman for Texas DPS. The driver and the other six workers appear to have escaped without any significant harm.
#NEW: A criminal in a stolen vehicle escapes from @TxDPS, drives through a house border, crashing into a branch in Val Verde County.
5/10: The criminal, Carlos Lombardich- Participates from Lockhart, Texas, dangerously drove through various intersections, attempting to escape Troopers. … photograph. twitter.com/sNhDRiHkA4
— Chris Olivarez ( @LtChrisOlivarez ) May 11, 2024
The driver is seen blowing with numerous intersections and driving madly along a highway in a video captured by a DPS helicopter aircraft. In one crossing, the vehicle narrowly missed an honest person’s truck. In a minute, the feared smuggler’s truck goes aerial and is almost struck by mix- traffic.
In the end, the pilot exits the road and enters the forest. The rear begins to fall off as the vehicle travels through the tough terrain.
The off-roading lasts for a short while before the allegedly stolen trailer hits a tree. The pilot quickly jumps out of the pickup truck and frees six migrants. The pilot and the migrants make their way through the brush, but troopers with the help of the crew from the overhead helicopter gradually take them away.
DPS officers identified the suspected individual criminal as Carlos Lombardich- Villabos, a native of Lockhart, Texas. He then faces multiple charges, including Sneaking of People, Criminal Mischief, Criminal Trespass, Deadly Conduct, and Illicit Use of a Motor Vehicle.
The Dodge Ram pickup vehicle was reported stolen in Bastrop, Texas.
Six workers were apprehended by Soldiers who turned them over to Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents.
