It was a wild 24 hours for the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office on Friday after two police chases resulted in three deputies getting hurt on the job by the suspects they were chasing; two of whom were sent to the hospital.
Around 1:27 a.m., a drug DUI suspect led deputies on a wild chase for more than half an hour.
Sheriff Derek Sanders says the driver of a 2005 F350 started to elude his deputies on Marin Way E in Lacey. He says the suspect headed north and crossed the median on I-5 NB between exits 111 and 114 to turn around and go south.
From there, the suspect led Sheriff Sanders and other deputies in a chase. Sheriff Sanders says the suspect rammed his car into a patrol car with a deputy and recruit inside; both we taken to a nearby hospital.
Right after he hit the patrol car, he fled toward the Capitol City Golf Club in Olympia where he drove on the fairway and across the 6th green.
“He’s in there doing his doughnuts and having fun at the expense of the golf course,” Sheriff Sanders said.