{"id":372228,"date":"2026-07-14T07:15:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T07:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/372228\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T07:15:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T07:15:27","slug":"texas-doordash-driver-gets-hit-by-a-car-fleeing-from-police-and-still-delivers-the-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/372228\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas DoorDash driver gets hit by a car fleeing from police and still delivers the order"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Texas DoorDash driver<\/a> didn\u2019t let the pain of being struck by a car keep her from delivering an order. A less dedicated driver may have seen the police chase headed their way, hopped back in their car, and canceled the order.<\/p>\n

This heroic delivery driver did not. She was knocked onto the hood of the car driven by an alleged burglary suspect<\/a> who refused to stop during an attempted traffic stop.<\/p>\n

Understandably, she dropped the order. But only for a moment.<\/p>\n

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A Texas DoorDash driver delivers order after being hit by a car fleeing police. (Cheng Xin\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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While the suspect, identified by police as Torrance Whitaker, was fleeing from the car and making a run for it, the DoorDash driver slid off the hood and picked up the order which had landed in the street in front of the car.<\/p>\n

She then proceeded to complete the delivery while officers gave chase to the man now jumping fences and running through the yards of the Houston neighborhood.<\/p>\n

“I was on the phone with my husband, and I just hear somebody crash. So I’m like, wait a minute, I heard something from police. When he came out from my door, I think it was HPD parked on my mulch, like what happened here!,” witness Lily Portillo, whose cameras caught the action, told KTRK<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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“It’s amazing how the girl just delivered the food. I asked her if she was OK, and she said she was OK. She needs a big tip. I really hope somebody finds her and hope she’s OK.”<\/p>\n

\"Police <\/p>\n

Houston Police use K-9 unit to help catch suspect who hit a DoorDash driver during police chase. (Jan Tyler)<\/p>\n

After being chased through several yards, a Houston Police K-9<\/a> eventually catches up to him, and he’s arrested.<\/p>\n

The court documents, according to the outlet, state that Whitaker was charged with aggravated assault<\/a> for hitting the delivery driver with his car while fleeing from police.<\/p>\n

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KTRK spoke with the DoorDash driver. She, like the hero that she is, didn\u2019t want to be identified. She is in a lot of pain, but avoided breaking any bones. She’s also looking into filing a claim against the suspect’s insurance.<\/p>\n

What a story of dedication. This order was being delivered if the delivery driver was physically able to do so.<\/p>\n

There’s very little hesitation. It’s more of a moment to collect herself, then she’s back to the business at hand. Truly impressive work.<\/p>\n

Sean Joseph is a writer for OutKick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Texas DoorDash driver didn\u2019t let the pain of being struck by a car keep her from delivering…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372229,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2568,294,100682,27,29,28,16273],"class_list":["post-372228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-cops","tag-crime","tag-outkick-culture","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-trending-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}