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Spike strips foil driver in hour long police chase

Posted at 3:07 PM, Feb 05, 2019
and last updated 2019-02-05 16:30:33-05
Photo: Still frame of a video recording a truck chase near Abilene, Texas. (Courtesy: Jesse Smith/KTXS Facebook page)

 

ABILENE, Texas —An hour-long police chase ended in a crash near Abilene, Texas.

KTXS reports police were called about a reckless driver on Highway 377 in Brown County. When deputies tried to pull over the truck around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, the driver did not pull over.

Officers deployed spike strips and it destroyed the truck’s right tire.

KTYX reported the truck eventually crashed. The driver of the truck was arrested.

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