DALLAS – A child remains in critical condition after they were in a vehicle involved in a crash on Elam Road caused by a suspect fleeing Dallas Police.
Elam Road intersection crash 
What we know:
On August 11 at around 4:45 p.m., Dallas Police responded to an officer assist call in the 10300 block of Elam Road in Dallas’ Pleasant Grove neighborhood.
An arrest affidavit states the caller told police 54-year-old Ronnie Alcaraz, her boyfriend, had knives and was threatening to kill her after she told him she did not want to go to a liquor store with him.
The 9-1-1 caller believed Alcaraz was intoxicated at the time of the incident, according to the affidavit.
The victim said Alcaraz hit her on the side of her head, pulled her hair, verbally threatened her and attempted to pin the victim to their house with his vehicle. Alcaraz also threw the victim’s phone away as she attempted to call 9-1-1.
Alcaraz left the house when he heard police sirens, and fled from police vehicles when they arrived and ordered him to get out of his car.
Alacaraz drove away at a high rate of speed into the intersection of Elam Road and N. Masters Drive, where he collided with three other vehicles.
Dallas Police say a 5-year-old child passenger was ejected from one of the vehicles hit by Alcaraz’s car. The arrest affidavit states the child was taken to the hospital and remains in the Intensive Care Unit.
Elam Road/N. Masters Drive intersection crash
Alcaraz was arrested at the crash scene. He’s been charged with evading causing serious bodily harm, aggravated assault — family violence, and interference with an emergency call.
The arrest affidavit states Alcaraz had outstanding warrants in Rains County for making a terroristic threat.
What they’re saying:
“I had the green light, and next thing I knew, I looked up, and I just saw the car from the side.”
Markietta Bryant says she was running errands with her son, 5-year-old Leo Bryant Steward, when Alcaraz hit the driver’s side of her Chevrolet Equinox.
Leo Bryant Steward (CTSY: Markietta Bryant)
Her son Leo had just turned five, and was supposed to begin kindergarten this week. He remains in the ICU with swelling and bleeding in his brain.
“He has not woken up or opened his eyes. He can’t respond to me,” Bryant tells FOX 4’s Peyton Yager.
Bryant says she had to pull her son out of her car after the back door was damaged in the crash. She says a nearby couple helped her open the door.
“The wife and the husband, they never come that way. They told me they went that way to avoid traffic, so GOD placed them there at the right time.”
Bryant did not suffer major injuries.
What’s next:
Alcaraz was booked into the Dallas County Jail, and his bond has been set at $55,000.
The Source: Information in this story comes from the Dallas Police Department.