Overview

• On July 20 just before 11 p.m., a suspected driver struck a stopped car at North Tyler and Davis Street, setting off a four-car chain reaction that injured seven people and left the suspect critically hurt.
• The impact brought down a utility pole, knocking out power to nearby homes and businesses in the dense residential and nightlife neighborhood.
• Dallas Police Department investigations are under way but officials have released no findings on what caused the crash.
• The Tyler and Davis roundabout has been the site of two serious collisions earlier this year, most recently in May, highlighting chronic safety hazards.
• Councilmember Chad West is pressing the Public Works Department to fast-track traffic calming infrastructure and ramp up speed enforcement before the study concludes.