Victim killed while chasing hit-and-run driver on Peninsula

• A driver is dead following a high-speed crash with a cement truck on Interstate 35W early Thursday morning, authorities said.

• Severe storms continuing to batter Texas on Thursday have triggered a catastrophic flash flood emergency in the Hill Country, where a massive flood wave is rapidly rising on the Guadalupe River.

• A Southlake police officer is being called a hero after breaking a window to rescue a driver from a burning car during a recent traffic stop.

• Mesquite police are investigating a fatal accident last month on I-635 where off-duty police officer struck and killed a 22-year-old highway construction worker.