LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A Michigan man was arrested and a 15-year-old girl who had been reported missing was found after a Nebraska State Patrol chase on Interstate 80 over the weekend.
Patrol spokesman Cody Thomas said the chase started Saturday afternoon when a driver hit a patrol car that was responding to another car, The Lincoln Journal Star reported.
Thomas said a the driver of a Chevrolet Malibu swerved into the trooper’s lane, made contact with the trooper’s patrol car and kept driving.
The driver, 22-year-old Jacob VandenBosch, of Farwell, Michigan, eventually stopped in a gas station parking lot.
VandenBosch was jailed on suspicion of willful reckless driving, flight to avoid arrest, criminal impersonation, drug charges and several traffic violations.
His passenger, a 15-year-old girl, had a warrant for her arrest from Michigan and had been reported missing. She was to return with the help of the Michigan State Police.
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