MANSFIELD, Texas — The Mansfield Police Department announced that a driver died after they crashed their car into a drainage pipe early Saturday morning.
According to police, officers responded to the 2300 block of Newt Patterson Road to the report of a single-car crash around 3:51 a.m.
Upon arrival, police say officers found the car involved, a Chevy Trax, engulfed in flames.
Police say both the Rendon Fire Department and the Mansfield Fire Department responded to extinguish the fire. Once the fire was extinguished, police say they found the driver, dead inside the car.
According to police, the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office declared the driver dead at the scene and will release their identity once the family is notified.
Mansfield PD says this crash is under investigation. If you have any information, you are asked to contact Sgt. Sly at cameron.sly@mansfieldtexas.gov.
