This wreck account is from Van Alstyne PD, Lt. Steven Hayslip

Van Alstyne – At 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, August 14 (2024), the Van Alstyne Police Department received a transferred 911 call from Collin County. The caller reported a gray Dodge truck driving recklessly northbound on U.S. Highway 75, striking barriers and other vehicles along the way.

Van Alstyne PD officers quickly located the truck and saw the erratic driving behavior. Upon activating their emergency lights and sirens, police saw the driver refuse to stop. He turned off the vehicle’s lights, and continued northbound on U.S. 75 at a high rate of speed. North of FM 902 in Howe, the truck crossed the grass median to the service road before attempting to reenter the highway. At this point, the driver lost control of the vehicle.

The driver, the only occupant, identified as Dallas resident Delio Lomas, 37, was ejected from the truck. Officers on the scene immediately provided first aid until EMS arrived who then took over life-saving measures. Lomas went by ambulance to AHS Sherman Medical Center Hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries.

Police later determined that the vehicle had been stolen earlier in the evening from a grocery store parking lot in McKinney. Additionally, it was discovered that Lomas had been released from Collin County Jail just hours before the incident, where he had been held for a probation violation related to theft.

There were no other reported injuries as a result of this incident.

The Van Alstyne Police Department extends its condolences to Mr. Lomas’s family and appreciates the cooperation and assistance of the Texas Department of Highway Patrol and Sherman Police Department in this ongoing investigation.