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AUSTIN, Texas – Police have identified a man shot and killed by Texas DPS in Austin after he reportedly stole an ambulance in Fort Worth.<\/p>\n
26-year-old Benjamin Randall Collins died at the scene on August 13.<\/p>\n
Police also released a mugshot of Collins from a previous arrest earlier this month.<\/p>\n
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The backstory:<\/p>\n
Texas DPS says that at around 6:30 a.m., troopers were notified about a stolen Fort Worth Fire\/EMS ambulance traveling southbound on I-35 in Williamson County.<\/p>\n
A DPS trooper located the ambulance and tried to conduct a traffic stop. Emergency lights were activated, but officials say the driver refused to stop and began actively evading law enforcement.<\/p>\n
Officials say the driver continued southbound on I-35 and around Highway 290 area in Austin, where the driver began intentionally ramming multiple vehicles.<\/p>\n
Troopers attempted a pit maneuver, but the ambulance continued to evade and ram vehicles as it got onto the I-35 upper deck.<\/p>\n
Officials say that’s when a trooper fired their gun at the driver. The driver died at the scene.<\/p>\n
Austin-Travis County EMS transported one person to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n
The Texas Rangers are investigating.<\/p>\n
The Fort Worth Fire Department confirmed in a statement that one of its ambulances was stolen from Station 4 located at 2954 Old Mansfield Road in Fort Worth.<\/p>\n
Officials said they can only confirm the ambulance was stolen and will release more information as they piece together details of the incident with the multiple agencies involved.<\/p>\n
The Source: Information in this report comes from the Fort Worth Police Department and previous reporting by FOX 7 Austin<\/p>\n
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