TROOPERS WITH THE NEBRASKA STATE PATROL HAVE ARRESTED A WOODBINE, IOWA MAN FOLLOWING A PURSUIT IN OMAHA EARLY FRIDAY.
THE INCIDENT STARTED WHEN A STATE TROOPER ATTEMPTED A TRAFFIC STOP AROUND 1:40 A.M.OF AN S-U-V SPEEDING ON INTERSTATE 80 NEAR 60TH STREET IN OMAHA.
THE DRIVER REFUSED TO PULL OVER AND ACCELERATED AWAY SO THE TROOPER INITIATED A PURSUIT.
THE S-U-V EXITED AT 84TH STREET, CROSSED THE MEDIAN, LOST A TIRE, BUT KEPT GOING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.
THE VEHICLE EXITED AND REENTERED I-480 MULTIPLE TIMES, RUNNING RED LIGHTS AND THEN JUST BEFORE THE MISSOURI RIVER BRIDGE, THE VEHICLE HIT A PATCH OF ICE, LOST CONTROL, AND CRASHED INTO A CONCRETE BARRIER.
THE DRIVER, 51-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM GANZHORN WAS THEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.
GANZHORN, WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES.
HE WAS CITED FOR FLIGHT TO AVOID ARREST, WILLFUL RECKLESS DRIVING, FICTITIOUS LICENSE PLATE, AND NUMEROUS TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS.
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