If you have information that can assist troopers in contacting the driver or owner of the pictured vehicle, please contact Sergeant Nate Hovinghoff at 360-903-3965 or nathan.hovinghoff@wsp.wa.gov.
If you have information that can assist troopers in contacting the driver or owner of the pictured vehicle, please contact Sergeant Nate Hovinghoff at 360-903-3965 or nathan.hovinghoff@wsp.wa.gov.
If you have information that can assist troopers in contacting the driver or owner of the pictured vehicle, please contact Sergeant Nate Hovinghoff at 360-903-3965 or nathan.hovinghoff@wsp.wa.gov.
Washington State Patrol (WSP)
If you have information that can assist troopers in contacting the driver or owner of the pictured vehicle, please contact Sergeant Nate Hovinghoff at 360-903-3965 or nathan.hovinghoff@wsp.wa.gov.
A suspect is in custody following a dangerous incident May 4 on State Route 14 near milepost 62. Washington State Patrol (WSP) officers requested information or video footage from witnesses to the incident, in which the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) was conducting roadway maintenance that required a lane closure in the area.
WSDOT workers were flagging alternating traffic into one lane when a vehicle entered the construction zone, disregarding the closure. The vehicle failed to stop for flagging crews and traveled the wrong way in the lane closure, almost going head-on with westbound traffic. The vehicle was seen by troopers traveling at a high-rate through the work zone, but they were unable to stop the vehicle due to the safety of roadway workers and other motorists.
Troopers were able to follow the vehicle once it was through the construction zone south across the Hood River-White Salmon Bridge into Oregon. The vehicle made additional dangerous movements by traveling across the two lane bridge the wrong way, forcing northbound traffic on the bridge to make aggressive movements to avoid head-on collisions.
On Friday morning, May 5, Goldendale police were in pursuit of what is believed to be the same vehicle — a black Ford pickup with no bed and an orange emblem on the hood, according to police logs provided by Wasco County Sheriff’s office, who assisted in the pursuit. According to the report, the driver of the vehicle was suspected in a possible burglary, was possibly armed and dangerous, and the vehicle was west bound on Highway 30 in the area of Biggs Junction.
The vehicle was pursued by Klickitat County Sheriff deputies south on Fulton Canyon Road; Wasco and Sherman county deputies and the Oregon State Police joined the pursuit.
The suspect vehicle, unable to get gas in Biggs Junction, was located on Gordon Ridge Road and Oregon State Police set up a perimeter, assisted by two Oregon State Patrol planes in the air above. Two and a half hours after the incident began, OSP reported the suspect was held “at gunpoint” and taken into custody.
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