Bismarck (NDHP)   — Early on Monday, the North Dakota Highway Patrol (NDHP) located a stolen vehicle traveling westbound along Interstate 94 near Sterling that had previously fled from the Jamestown Police Department.

When the NDHP attempted to pull the vehicle over, it fled west at a high rate of speed. The vehicle’s tires were spiked with a tire deflation device east of Bismarck. The vehicle continued west on Interstate 94 toward Bismarck with two of its tires disabled.

 

The Bismarck Police Department blocked Exit 161 so the vehicle could not exit. Deputies with the Burleigh County Sheriff’s Department attempted to stop the vehicle with a rolling road block. The NDHP then utilized a pursuit intervention technique (PIT) maneuver on the vehicle near Exit 159 (State Street). The vehicle went into the ditch where it stopped. Two occupants were taken into custody at 7:37 am CST.

 

This incident remains under investigation by the North Dakota Highway Patrol.

The NDHP was assisted by the Burleigh County Sheriff’s Department and the Bismarck Police Department.