Darion Thomas: Dallas man charged with theft and murder for killing a woman in 200 mph crash after stealing her car

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DALLAS, TEXAS: A 26-year-old Dallas man named Darion Thomas reportedly claimed the life of a woman after he stole her car because he needed a ride to work, but crashed it, according to police and local reports.

Officers responded to a major accident call at 1300 Murdock Road around 12.50 am Sunday, March 10, when they found a woman lying unconcious on the street. She was later declared dead at the scene. 

Thomas is charged with murder and theft, said the Dallas Police.

How did Darion Thomas steal the victim's vehicle?

Investigators determined that the suspect stole the vehicle at a gas station while the woman was asleep in the backseat.

The suspect sped off, reached a staggering speed of 200 miles an hour, lost control, hit a pole, and crashed, as per police.

The woman, identified as Karen Mariela, 32, in a FOX 4 report, was ejected on impact from the backseat and killed. 

Suspect Darion Thomas allegedly wanted to kill himself

The suspected driver, Darion Thomas, was arrested and transported to a local hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

An arrest warrant affidavit cited by the outlet mentions a witness who saw Thomas trying to crawl away from the crash site because his legs were broken.

He reportedly said he had stolen the car because he needed a ride to work and asked for a gun to commit suicide after the crash.

Oakland's Christopher Perez charged with murder of a 73-year-old woman in hit-and-run incident

MEAWW previously reported that a 19-year-old Oakland man is facing murder charges for killing a 73-year-old woman in a hit-and-run incident last summer. 

According to the authorities, Christopher Perez is accused of killing grandmother Santu Maya after crashing into the victim as she crossed the street with her family in Oakland on the evening of June 16, The Mercury News and KTVU FOX 2 reported at the time. 

The suspect was charged in January with one felony count of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence, and one count of leaving the scene of an accident, court records revealed.

The records reportedly state that Perez pleaded not guilty at an arraignment on February 15. He was released on a $95K bail under the requirement of wearing a GPS ankle monitor.

Maya had immigrated to the US to the San Francisco Bay Area from Thailand four months before her death. 

The grandmother was going for her daily walk before dinner at Foothill Boulevard and Vicksburg Avenue in Oakland when Perez crashed into her on a crosswalk while driving a Mercedes-Benz.

The victim’s daughter and 10-year-old granddaughter were present at the time of the crash.