A reckless driving call in Hillsboro early Saturday morning led to a high-speed pursuit stretching more than 45 miles through two counties before ending in Red Oak, where one suspect was taken into custody and another took off on foot and remains at large.
A Hillsboro Department of Public Safety officer was dispatched just before 5 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21, to IH-35 northbound after a citizen reported a vehicle failing to maintain its lane, swerving across multiple lanes, and nearly hitting several other vehicles.
The officer found the vehicle near the 369-mile marker on IH-35 and initiated a traffic stop. The vehicle initially appeared to be slowing to comply before suddenly accelerating to speeds exceeding 100 miles per hour and taking off northbound…