Investigation underway after a weekend crash involving Lindsay police and a suspected DUI driver

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Three people, including 2 Lindsay Police Officers, are recovering aft a clang Saturday evening.

It each started erstwhile the officers spotted a BMW SUV wanted arsenic portion of an progressive investigation.

When they attempted to propulsion implicit the operator adjacent Hermosa and Westwood the SUV sped off.

The officers followed but erstwhile they reached the intersection of Avenue 216 and Road 232 a Toyota pickup motortruck blew a halt motion and slammed into the constabulary cruiser.

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"Both of those vehicles rolled implicit respective times. Both came to remainder connected the driver's broadside of some vehicles. The serviceman that was driving the constabulary portion was capable to extricate himself done the windshield," explains Lindsay Police Department's Interim Chief, Nicholas Nave.

The operator of the pickup, and the 2 officers were taken to the hospital.

One serviceman was inactive successful the infirmary recovering Monday, the different had been released.

The California Highway Patrol says the operator of the Toyota motortruck is 61-year-old Jose Placencia Mireles of Strathmore.

He is inactive recovering from superior injuries and is suspected of driving drunk.

"We ever discourage radical from drinking and driving, designate a driver, and marque bully choices up of time," expresses interim Chief Nave.

Those who unrecorded and enactment successful this country are urging caution connected backroads.

Saul Ramos, whose lad is simply a constabulary officer, says the clang deed adjacent to home.

"It impacted america due to the fact that we cognize the serviceman who was driving," expresses Saul.

And the connection from Lindsay Police to the operator of that BMW that sped away...

"And ultimately, erstwhile we person capable grounds to marque an arrest, we volition beryllium doing so, and they volition beryllium facing aggravated charges due to the fact that of the circumstances surrounding the injuries of the parties progressive successful the pursuit," mentions interim Chief Nave.

The California Highway Patrol is present starring the investigation, they accidental it volition beryllium extended and could instrumentality astir a twelvemonth to complete.

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