By Dave Orrick
Pioneer Press
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Highway cameras caught the action Wednesday night when a Minnesota State Patrol trooper abruptly ended a high-speed chase that began in St. Paul and ended on Interstate 694.
According to the State Patrol’s Facebook page, it started when St. Paul cops were pursuing a suspected stolen vehicle on Interstate 35E near Maryland Avenue. The state patrol took the chase over when the suspect left the city limits.
When the suspect slowed to exit 694, one of the numerous state troopers in pursuit caused the suspect to spin out by colliding with the rear of his car, a type of “pursuit intervention technique.”
Here’s how the State Patrol described it on Facebook:
“CAUGHT ON CAMERA: A well-executed PIT maneuver by a State Patrol trooper ended a chase that began Wednesday evening when St. Paul police pursued a stolen vehicle on Interstate 35E and Maryland Avenue.
State Patrol dispatchers spotted the vehicle on traffic cameras and troopers took over the chase when the vehicle left St. Paul city limits. The driver avoided stop sticks deployed on I-94 but hit stop sticks on I-694. That’s when the trooper used a PIT maneuver as the vehicle tried to exit the freeway.
The male driver, a 27-year-old Minneapolis man, was arrested on suspicion of possession of a stolen vehicle, fleeing police in a motor vehicle and an active warrant. A female passenger was released. Minneapolis Police K9, New Brighton Public Safety, Ramsey County Sheriff and Fridley PD assisted.”
https://www.facebook.com/MnStatePatrol/videos/10154372737493144/
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