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Anthony Provost

Age : 36

Gender : Male

Race : Unknown

Date : 04/13/2021

Location : Southbound Dallas Parkway at Warren Parkway

City : Frisco

County : Collin

State : Texas

Agency : Frisco Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Driver killed in police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

REASON FOR CHASE: Frisco Police Department officers responded at approximately 4:55 a.m. to a reported possible home-invasion robbery at an apartment complex in the 4100 block of Frisco Green Avenue. Police received information that a person involved had left in a silver 2019 Chevrolet Corvette. Officers located the Corvette traveling south on Gaylord Parkway and attempted to stop it. The driver continued away and police pursued.
NARRATIVE:
On 04/13/2021, 36-year-old Anthony Provost of Plano was killed when the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette he was driving collided with a pickup truck at Dallas Parkway and Warren Parkway during a Frisco Police Department pursuit in Frisco, Texas.
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At approximately 4:55 a.m., Frisco police responded to a reported possible home-invasion robbery at an apartment complex in the 4100 block of Frisco Green Avenue. Police had received information that a person involved had left the apartment complex in a silver 2019 Chevrolet Corvette.
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Responding officers located the Corvette traveling south on Gaylord Parkway and attempted to stop it. Provost continued away from police, traveling east on Cowboys Way before turning south onto Dallas Parkway at high speed.
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The pursuit continued south toward Warren Parkway. As Provost reached the intersection of Dallas Parkway and Warren Parkway, the Corvette entered the intersection against a red traffic signal and collided with a white pickup truck.
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The collision caused fatal injuries to Provost, who was pronounced dead at the crash scene. He was 36 years old and lived in Plano. The driver of the pickup survived and was transported to an area hospital with injuries described as not life-threatening.
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The Frisco Police Department publicly identified Provost the following day. The department's official release states that officers attempted to stop his Corvette, that the vehicle fled from officers, and that it subsequently crashed at Dallas Parkway and Warren Parkway. Frisco Police assigned call-for-service numbers 21036889 and 21036893 to the incidents.
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The 04/13/2021 Collin County fatality documented by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Fatality Analysis Reporting System corresponds with this independently documented fatal Frisco Police Department pursuit.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.friscotexas.gov/CivicAlerts.asp?AID=1353&ARC=2974
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/frisco-police-investigating-after-corvette-crashes-into-pickup-killing-driver-anthony-provost/
https://accidentdatacenter.com/roadway/dallas-parkway-warren
https://www.nhtsa.gov/research-data/fatality-analysis-reporting-system-fars