A New Mexico man driving a stolen Jeep led sheriff’s deputies on a dangerous pursuit through Albuquerque after allegedly crashing into a gas station, ramming a patrol vehicle and speeding through oncoming traffic at up to 90 miles per hour.
The incident happened on Thanksgiving morning, November 23, 2023, when deputies encountered the Jeep at a gas station in Albuquerque’s South Valley. Instead of stopping, the driver struck a patrol vehicle and fled, beginning a chase that forced other motorists off the road.
Body-camera and dashcam footage featured by the YouTube channel Midwest Safety shows the pursuit, the eventual arrest of 26-year-old Yadir Solorzano and a tense confrontation between deputies and a citizen who criticized their conduct after the suspect was detained.
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