- A high-speed chase on I-275 ended in a fiery crash after a trooper performed a PIT maneuver on a car traveling at 120 miles per hour.
A Sunday chase on I-275 came to a fiery end when a trooper performed a precision immobilization technique (PIT) maneuver against a car that reached up to 120 miles per hour during the pursuit. Troopers had to pull out the passengers of the car before arresting the driver on DUI charges.
The Florida Highway Patrol said that around 3 a.m., Kimberly Gutierrez, 19, was traveling north in a Black Audi along the Howard Frankland Bridge into Hillsborough County when a trooper saw her and began the pursuit. According to the criminal report affidavit, reviewed by 10 Tampa Bay News, Gutierrez’s car reached high speeds and was weaving “all over the road.”
FHP states in the report that after the PIT maneuver was performed on I-275, the car crashed and troopers “extracted multiple occupants from the vehicle as it became completely engulfed in flames.” At this time, Gutierrez was placed in the back of a trooper’s car…