About five miles away from where I used to live - Seattle station KOMO:
Driver arrested following pursuit near Canadian border
Two drivers were arrested one for driving with a suspended license and the other for taking a vehicle without permission Friday morning by Washington State Patrol.
According to WSP, a trooper stopped a vehicle at Mount Baker Highway and Kendall Highway just before 11:45 a.m. Friday for a traffic violation and found the driver had a suspended license.
While the driver was being placed into custody, the passenger of the vehicle got into the driver’s seat and drove off, fleeing the scene.
An Everson police officer spotted the vehicle going over 100 MPH towards Sumas on Kendall Highway. The vehicle swerved nearly hitting a Border Patrol agent.
Everson police were able to spike the car and WSP continued to pursue it, eventually bringing it to a stop using a PIT maneuver.
The trooper's vehicle slid in the mud off the roadway but was not damaged.
State patrol says the new driver of the vehicle was booked into Whatcom County Jail for taking a motor vehicle without permission, felon in possession of a firearm, no ignition interlock and a multitude of other crimes.
I know the area well having lived there for almost 20 years. Not the road you want to be doing 100MPH on. Very curvy and lots of blind driveways. No names have been released as yet.
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