{"id":401613,"date":"2026-08-09T04:32:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T04:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/401613\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T04:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T04:32:16","slug":"motorcyclist-critically-hurt-after-failing-to-stop-for-troopers-during-chase-on-gulf-freeway-dps-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/401613\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorcyclist critically hurt after failing to stop for troopers during chase on Gulf Freeway, DPS says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KTRK logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/origin-ktrk.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sunday, August 9, 2026 3:24AM<\/p>\n<p>Watch Eyewitness News and ABC13 originals around the clock<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; A police chase ended in a crash after a motorcyclist failed to stop for state troopers, the Texas Department of Public Safety said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Troopers said they tried to stop the bike traveling along I-45 on Saturday evening, but the driver wouldn&#8217;t stop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The motorcyclist was weaving in and out of traffic, trying to evade law enforcement, when he eventually hit a barrier near the South Loop, DPS said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Troopers said the driver was critically injured and rushed to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Houston TranStar cameras showed traffic snarled as investigators worked the scene.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Houston TranStar cameras showed traffic building up as investigators worked the scene.\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR zFTjo hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/19649573_080826-ktrk-TN-motorcycle-pursuit-transtar-img.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Houston TranStar cameras showed traffic building up as investigators worked the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Houston TranStar<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sunday, August 9, 2026 3:24AM Watch Eyewitness News and ABC13 originals around the clock HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401614,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[140833,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-401613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-140833","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401613","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=401613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}