High-speed chase ends at St. George apartment building
ST. GEORGE – A St. George man was booked into jail Saturday night after leading police on a high-speed chase on the freeway, on busy city streets and into an apartment complex.
The Utah Highway Patrol and Arizona Department of Public Safety responded to a report of reckless driving on Interstate 15 near Littlefield shortly after 10 p.m., and started following a Chevrolet pickup truck at mile marker 24 in the Gorge.
UHP Sgt. Dan Ferguson said the truck was veering wildly, exhibiting one of the worst driving patterns he’d seen in 26 years of experience.
“It was the most atrocious driving I’ve ever seen,” he said.
The driver, 21-year-old (edited: young man), continued driving wildly but avoiding collisions all the way to Exit 8 in St. George, where he avoided a St. George Police Department road block and turned onto St. George Blvd. going west on the eastbound lanes, Ferguson said.
Hernandez avoided several vehicles before crashing into two Dixie State College Police vehicles that officers were trying to use to block the way near the St. George Blvd. and 1000 East intersection.
From there, Hernandez reportedly was able to continue driving to his apartment building at 545 S. 900 East, where he struck another vehicle, ran over a scooter, and finally stopped next to the front door of his home.
Before he could exit the vehicle, police caught up to him.
“We ended up just pulling him out of the truck and putting him on the ground and handcuffing him,” Ferguson said.
There was damage to the two DSC police vehicles and the two vehicles in the apartment parking lot, but no major injuries.
Hernandez was charged with multiple violations, including driving under the influence, evading police and leaving the scene of an accident. He was booked into Purgatory Correctional Facility on $7,850 bail.
Ferguson said (edited: the you men) would also likely face charges in Arizona.
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