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2 Patrol Cars Crash While Chasing Reckless Driver In Sarasota Area: Police

One of the patrol cars that crashed overturned while chasing a reckless driver from North Porto into Sarasota, police said.

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Two patrol cars crashed, one flipping over, while chasing a reckless driver from North Port into Sarasota, police said.
Two patrol cars crashed, one flipping over, while chasing a reckless driver from North Port into Sarasota, police said. (Courtesy of North Port Police)

SARASOTA, FL — Two patrol cars crashed, one flipping over, while chasing a reckless driver Tuesday night, North Port police wrote in a social media post.

Officers tried to stop the driver near Eager Street around 9 p.m. Despite their lights and sirens being on, the driver refused to stop and sped into the Venice area, police said.

The chase ultimately ended in Sarasota.

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“The officers involved in the crash are banged up but are doing okay,” police said. “We are fortunate that no one was seriously injured.”

The driver, 25-year-old Colton Corpus was arrested and charged with driving under the influence, fleeing/eluding at a high rate of speed, possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, reckless driving, driving with a suspended license, failure to have insurance and refusing to submit to a DUI test, police said.

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