Officer Down
Today the state of Minnesota lost a police officer:
A Lino Lakes officer was killed Tuesday evening while trying to stop a man fleeing police on Interstate Hwy. 35W near County Rd. 23.
Police had chased the man from Wyoming in Chisago County when he reached an area in Lino Lakes where an officer had spread a spike strip to flatten his tires.
The southbound suspect veered into the median, hit the officer standing near her car and then hit a northbound van, the State Patrol said.
The officer’s car was parked in the median police turnaround between north and southbound traffic.
A State Patrol spokesman said it was unclear whether the suspect hit the officer while trying to evade the spikes.
The suspect and the van driver were injured and apparently sent to North Memorial Medical Center, which had helicopters at the scene, officials said.
The chase started when the man fled in Wyoming from police trying execute an arrest warrant against him for felony warrants from South Dakota, said Nathan Bowie of the Minnesota State Patrol.
The patrol is assisting Anoka County Sheriff’s deputies with the case.
Dozens of squad cars from many law enforcement agencies, including Anoka and Washington County sheriff’s offices and Lino Lakes police were at the scene.
The northbound lanes of I-35W were closed for an indefinite time.
Sad. Very, very sad.
A Lino Lakes officer was killed Tuesday evening while trying to stop a man fleeing police on Interstate Hwy. 35W near County Rd. 23.
Police had chased the man from Wyoming in Chisago County when he reached an area in Lino Lakes where an officer had spread a spike strip to flatten his tires.
The southbound suspect veered into the median, hit the officer standing near her car and then hit a northbound van, the State Patrol said.
The officer’s car was parked in the median police turnaround between north and southbound traffic.
A State Patrol spokesman said it was unclear whether the suspect hit the officer while trying to evade the spikes.
The suspect and the van driver were injured and apparently sent to North Memorial Medical Center, which had helicopters at the scene, officials said.
The chase started when the man fled in Wyoming from police trying execute an arrest warrant against him for felony warrants from South Dakota, said Nathan Bowie of the Minnesota State Patrol.
The patrol is assisting Anoka County Sheriff’s deputies with the case.
Dozens of squad cars from many law enforcement agencies, including Anoka and Washington County sheriff’s offices and Lino Lakes police were at the scene.
The northbound lanes of I-35W were closed for an indefinite time.
Sad. Very, very sad.
4 Comments:
And my g/f's husband knew who this person was. *sigh* Very sad.
I'm so sorry. Very sad.
that stuff scares me on a daily basis.
This story pissed me off in a really big way. It pissed me off even bigger today when I read that the guy swerved toward the trooper intentionally.
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