{"id":1007253,"date":"2026-08-17T21:17:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T21:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1007253\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T21:17:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T21:17:16","slug":"fort-worth-stolen-ambulance-chase-police-identify-man-shot-killed-by-dps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1007253\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth stolen ambulance chase: Police identify man shot, killed by DPS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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AUSTIN, Texas<\/strong> – 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:<\/b> Information in this report comes from the Fort Worth Police Department and previous reporting by FOX 7 Austin<\/p>\n

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