Driver Smashes Through San Antonio Airport Gate—New Video Shows Troopers Chase Him Onto The Airfield

Newly released dashcam footage shows a driver fleeing Texas state troopers with his rear bumper dragging, weaving past orange barriers and smashing through a gate at the San Antonio airport. The patrol vehicle follows him onto the airfield, where he finally stops and steps out with his hands raised. The chase happened August 22. Now the Texas Department of Public Safety has released the video as part of its “CAUGHT in Central Texas” series, showing just how the driver got through the airport perimeter. The car is already falling apart during the street chase. Its rear bumper cover hangs off and scrapes along the pavement. At one intersection, the driver goes to the wrong side of a median before returning across. Then he reaches the airport. He steers between staggered orange barriers, forces his way through the gate and keeps going down a narrow fenced passage. The trooper stays behind him all the way onto the open pavement. The driver has his hands up about 16 seconds after entering the airport. According to the initial account from state authorities, a trooper tried to stop a 2012 Chrysler near Loop 410 and Babcock Road around 1:30 a.m. The driver fled through San Antonio before crashing through an airport gate off Jones Maltsberger Road. The collision disabled the Chrysler and that troopers found a firearm inside. The recording switches from dashcam to body camera footage for the arrest. An officer has a handgun drawn, and the driver is taken into custody. The video’s closing card lists evading arrest with a vehicle and unlawful carrying of a weapon. But court records list six charges: Evading arrest with a vehicle Unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon Drug possession Tampering with physical evidence with intent to impair Criminal mischief Criminal trespassing with a deadly weapon The man remains in jail on $59,500 bond. Flights and airport operations weren’t affected by the breach. Topics on this page