Chase ends with crash, arrest
Photos by Donnita Fisher
A pickup led county law enforcement on a high-speed case Oct 22 before crashing into a constable car and hitting a tree.
Couple had been on run for 24 years
Precinct 2 Deputy Constable Tony Katsoulas doesn’t usually stop vehicles for traffic violations but about 2:30 p.m. Oct. 22 when he saw a truck blow through a traffic light and then quickly pull into a gas station, something seemed off.
“It just looked suspicious,” he said. “So I decided to stop and run the license plates.”
The Missouri license plates came back clean but the driver obviously thought otherwise because within an instant, he was off.
Katsoulas gave chase and called for back up.
The pursuit traveled down eastbound I-20, exited onto Hwy. 64 and then turned westbound on I-20.
“The chase continued for more than 30 minutes at speeds over 100 miles per hour,” Katsoulas said.
The driver exited on FM 47 going south and then turned onto VZCR 2120 still at speeds of more than 70 mph.
Canton Police Sgt. Mike King proceeded to VZCR 2120 (Old Kaufman Road) and VZCR 2135 (Old Holland Road) and placed spike strips in the roadway.
According to a report filed by King, about 2:55 p.m., the pursuit headed his direction and he deployed the spikes “in front of the fleeing vehicle, a white Dodge Ram extended cab pickup. The Dodge ran over the spike strip and continued eastbound on the VZCR 2120.”
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