And they came up the exact street the bounce house was on," Lane said. "They ended up coming into the city limits of Sallisaw. There was a bounce house set up with children near the spot that Weber was parked on Oak Street, Lane said. It was extremely crowded downtown," Lane said.Įarlier in the day the Diamond Daze half marathon and fun run had taken place in Sallisaw. "There were a lot of people in town in the downtown area, a lot of kids, a bounce house, all kinds of kids' events. Hundreds of people were in town for the afternoon. 64 and sped toward Sallisaw, where people had gathered for the downtown Diamond Daze business festival. "He went a few miles like that, driving on the shoulder," Lane said. The driver then crossed the center median of I-40 before reaching Sallisaw and sped in the eastbound lanes, driving on the shoulder to avoid vehicles and going over 100 mph, Edwards wrote in an incident report. The driver swerved through traffic in Roland, and a Roland police officer joined the pursuit that went into the westbound lanes of I-40 toward Sallisaw going over 100 mph. "They were running cars off the road, trying to hit other vehicles," Lane said. The driver went into Roland and then west to Muldrow at speeds over 100 mph, Edwards reported. After stopping the white Hyundai, the driver took off. in the westbound lanes of Interstate 40 east of Roland near the Arkansas and Oklahoma border.ĭeputy Steven Edwards reported a white Hyundai Santa Fe was following a tractor-trailer too closely at an unsafe speed. was involved in the pursuit that started about 1 p.m. In Sallisaw, the white vehicle was cut off as it headed toward the local business festival that had a children's bounce house. At one point, the suspect reportedly drove the wrong way on Interstate 40. The driver of the vehicle was arrested, and a passenger was flown to a Tulsa hospital where he was admitted Saturday.Ī high speed chase had been reported on Interstate 40 from Roland to Sallisaw.
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