1 PERSON WAS KILLED IN OTERO COUNTY AFTER STEALING AND CRASHING A COLORADO STATE PATROL CRUSIER TUESDAY. OTERO COUNTY SHERIFFS, WITH HELP FROM THE COLORADO STATE PATROL PULLED OVER A DRIVER ON HIGHWAY 50 WHO REPORTEDLY HAD CRASHED INTO SEVERAL OTHER VEHICLES AND WAS INVOLVED IN A SHOTS FIRED CALL. AS TROOPERS AND DEPUTIES TRIED TO ARREST THE SUSPECT HE BROKE FREE, JUMPED INTO A STATE PATROL CAR AND TOOK OFF. AUTHORITIES USED STOPSTICKS ON THE FLEEING DRIVER BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF MCCLAVE AND HASTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. AFTER HITTING THE STICKS HE LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED INTO A TRUCK THAT HAD BEEN PARKED ON THE SIDE OF HIGHWAY 50. THE SUSPECT IN THE STOLEN CRUSIER WAS PULLED FROM THE BURING WRECKAGE BUT DIED.
