7-month-old baby safe after Splendora police chase, crash

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A 7-month-old baby is safe after his parents led officers on a chase Saturday night before crashing into a Montgomery County canal, authorities said.

The baby was in a car seat and ended upside down inside a pickup truck when it crashed on Highway 59 near FM 2920 around 9 p.m.The child’s 16-year-old mother was seen throwing what were believed to be drugs and a magazine from a pistol from the vehicle during the chase, according to Splendora police.

Speeds reached at least 100 miles per hour during the pursuit. As the truck approached the FM 1485 exit, the driver lost control and the pickup flew across the 100 foot drainage canal, police said.

The truck rolled once it landed on the other side of the canal, police said. Officers had to swim the canal to get to the truck on the other side and found the baby in an unsecured child safety seat in the back seat of the truck.

The driver, identified as Jose Aragon, 18, of Missouri City, was taken into custody and was transported to a hospital before he was taken to jail. He faces charges of evading arrest, possession of a controlled substance and two counts of injury to a child in connection with the baby and 16-year-old. Splendora police said Aragon had active warrants for his arrest from Fort Bend County.The 16-year-old girl and the baby were not hurt in the crash. She faces felony possession of a controlled substance and tampering with evidence for throwing the drugs and magazine out the window, police said.

Child Protective Services was called to take custody of the baby.

the driver was out on bond on a felony warrant from Fort Bend County.