Cop has near death experience in car crash gas explosion

  • 6 years ago
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Police dash cam footage shows a Texas officer escaping a gas line explosion while investigating a car crash near Fort Worth on April 7.

A police press release stated that a vehicle had crashed into the front of a house, causing the leak that triggered the explosion.

The driver was unharmed but three people inside the house and two officers were injured in the explosion.

The driver of the car has been identified as Arnulfo Castro, 40, who has been arrested for driving without a license.

Hurst city spokeswoman Kara McKinney says Castro lost control of his car after the brakes failed.