Columbia man charged in I-70 crash that involved law enforcement
Editor's note: The vehicles involved in the crash have been corrected.
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A 35-year-old Columbia man was charged with a felony after authorities claim he was in a vehicle that cause a crash on Friday morning on Interstate 70 that involved two law enforcement officers.
Deangelo Jones was charged on Friday afternoon with aggravated fleeing. He is being held at the Cooper County Jail without bond. A court date has not been scheduled.
All lanes are back open on Interstate 70 eastbound in Columbia near the Stadium Boulevard exit after a car crash involving police on Friday morning.
According to a social media post from the Boonville Police Department, around 3:34 a.m. Friday, a Cooper County deputy pursued a vehicle in Boonville that continued on I-70 eastbound. According to BPD, officers requested Boone County deputies to deploy tire spikes at the 124-mile marker on I-70. However, the Jones' vehicle avoided the spikes.
The probable cause statement says two law enforcement vehicles collided. As a result, the BPD vehicle spun out of control and hit the concrete median barrier.
The BPD officer suffered minor scratches and burns from the airbag that deployed. The Cooper County deputy was not seriously injured.
Boone County Sheriff's spokesperson Brian Leer wrote in an email that a Boone County deputy set up the spikes but was unable to stop the suspect.
Around 4 a.m., ABC 17 News crews on scene saw four Boone County Sheriff's vehicles, along with two vehicles from the Cooper County Sheriff's Office.
Crews on scene reported one damaged vehicle along with a damaged Cooper County Sheriff vehicle that temporarily blocked one lane of traffic near mile marker 124 and the West Boulevard exit on I-70.
The probable cause statement says the chase began when an officer tried to pull over the vehicle for having dark-tinted windows. Jones allegedly admitted to being in the vehicle, but denied driving it, the statement says.
Key FOB information determined the FOB matched the vehicle law enforcement chased.
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