Colorado fugitive arrested after 40-mile chase in Utah; more than 50 pounds of meth seized
Mar 15, 2024, 8:00 PM
A Colorado man fled from police in Utah for approximately 40 miles, reaching speeds of 115 mph, before crashing and being arrested on Thursday. (Gorodenkoff, Shutterstock)
(Gorodenkoff, Shutterstock)
MOAB — A fugitive out of Colorado was arrested in Utah on Thursday following a 40-mile chase with police that ended in a crash and a significant drug seizure.
About 5:30 a.m. Thursday, a Grand County sheriff’s deputy attempted to pull over a Ford Escape with a Colorado license plate on I-70 after watching it go over the fog line twice, according to a police booking affidavit.
“The offender vehicle started to accelerate from approximately 65 mph to 90 mph with no indication of yielding. The offender vehicle continued to accelerate and failed to yield to my overhead red and blue lights and siren,” the arresting deputy wrote in the affidavit. “The offender vehicle continued to accelerate … reaching an estimated speed of 115 mph.”
The driver continued to drive recklessly at a high rate of speed, according to the affidavit. Additional deputies set up tire spikes and were able to successfully spike two tires as the fleeing vehicle passed them.
“I observed the driver attempt to open the door and get out of the (car) while it was still moving,” the affidavit states,
But rather than jump from the car, the driver went off “a steep embankment north of I-70. The offender vehicle ran over a wire fence and drove an additional distance of (approximately 1,700 feet) from the embankment then stopped,” the deputy noted in the affidavit.
Read the full story and more from Pat Reavy on KSL.com.
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