The Colorado State Patrol on Wednesday launched video of an incident wherein a handcuffed suspect stole a CSP patrol automobile in Otero County earlier than dying in a fiery crash in neighboring Bent County.
The incident unfolded on June 20 when troopers responded to help deputies with a “suspect fleeing” alongside U.S. 50 in southeastern Colorado, in accordance with the CSP.
The suspect driver, recognized as 31-year-old Anthony Alphonso Sanchez III, allegedly induced a number of crashes, the CSP stated in an earlier information launch. A trooper was capable of bump the suspect automobile and convey it to a cease, however throughout an arrest, the suspect stole a marked CSP automobile and fled.
Video from a patrol automobile dashcam and troopers’ body-worn cameras reveals Sanchez being arrested and a loaded gun recovered from his automobile. The suspect was handcuffed, together with his fingers restrained behind his again, and put into the again of a patrol automobile. Left alone contained in the automobile, Sanchez wiggles his arms, reducing his wrists behind his legs, right down to his toes and past his toes. His handcuffed wrists wind up in entrance of his physique. He then scrambles into the entrance seat of the automobile and drives off.
Authorities pursued Sanchez and cease sticks, gadgets laid on the roadway to blow out tires, had been positioned on the freeway, in accordance with the CSP. After driving over the cease sticks, the stolen patrol automobile crashed right into a parked business automobile in Bent County and caught on hearth. Sanchez was pulled from the patrol automobile and was taken to a hospital the place he died. No different accidents had been reported.
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation continues to research the incident.
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