{"id":50011,"date":"2025-11-14T22:21:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T22:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/50011\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T22:21:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T22:21:07","slug":"police-seek-publics-help-to-find-18-wheeler-driver-in-deadly-plano-hit-and-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/50011\/","title":{"rendered":"Police seek public&#8217;s help to find 18-wheeler driver in deadly Plano hit-and-run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A hit-and-run 18-wheeler caused a fatal rollover crash last month on the Dallas North Tollway, killing a 47-year-old driver.<\/p>\n<p>PLANO, Texas \u2014 State authorities are asking for the public\u2019s help in identifying the driver of an 18-wheeler involved in a deadly hit-and-run crash last month on the Dallas North Tollway.<\/p>\n<p>The crash happened at about 6:30 a.m. on Oct. 21 in the northbound lanes near Spring Creek Parkway in Plano, according to the Department of Public Safety (DPS).<\/p>\n<p>Investigators say a white truck towing a white dump trailer made an unsafe lane change, striking a Honda Civic traveling alongside it. The impact forced the Honda into a concrete wall, causing it to overturn. Moments later, a Ram 1500 and a Toyota Camry collided with the overturned Honda. The driver of the 18-wheeler did not stop and continued northbound.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the Honda, 47-year-old Dallas resident Juan Quiroz, died at the scene, DPS said.<\/p>\n<p>DPS officials believe the 18-wheeler may have noticeable damage to the right side of its front bumper and\/or the front right fender. They are urging anyone who may have seen the crash, recognizes the vehicle, or has information about the driver to come forward.<\/p>\n<p>North Texas Crime Stoppers is offering up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and indictment of the individual responsible. Tips can be submitted anonymously by calling 877-373-8477 or by filing a report through the North Texas Crime Stoppers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.p3tips.com\/tipform.aspx?ID=197&amp;CX=004DC0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__placeholder\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/a7ecfea8-1e33-4067-a091-0c6ee4289ce4_16x9.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__main\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/a7ecfea8-1e33-4067-a091-0c6ee4289ce4_1140x641.jpg\"  alt=\"\" style=\"opacity:0\" onload=\"this.style.opacity=1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A hit-and-run 18-wheeler caused a fatal rollover crash last month on the Dallas North Tollway, killing a 47-year-old&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50012,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[160,162,161],"class_list":{"0":"post-50011","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-plano","8":"tag-plano","9":"tag-plano-headlines","10":"tag-plano-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50011","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=50011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}