Overview

• A Texas DPS trooper initiated a stop on a red GMC pickup on U.S. 287 near Black Champ Road for a traffic violation around 3 p.m. Friday.
• As the truck slowed, the front-seat passenger exited and fled on foot while the driver continued briefly before pulling over.
• During the struggle to arrest the driver, 28-year-old Jose Molina of Fort Worth resisted and caused minor injuries to the trooper.
• Molina was booked into the Ellis County Jail on charges of evading arrest in a motor vehicle, resisting arrest and possession of marijuana.
• The fleeing passenger remains unidentified and the Department of Public Safety says its investigation into the stop and the escape is ongoing.