UPDATED: High-Speed Chase Starts in Stillwater, Ends in Minneapolis Without Injuries

A high-speed chase involving a Minnesota State Trooper started at the intersection of Osgood and Highway 36 in Stillwater this morning, and ended 17 minutes later—without injuries—at I-35W at Johnson Street in Minneapolis.

Lt. Eric Roeske, of the Minnesota State Patrol, tweeted that speeds reached 80 mph as the trooper pursued a 2003 Cadillac Deville driven by a 30-year-old St. Paul man.

The chase started just after 6:30 a.m. at Osgood and Highway 36 when a state trooper responded to a report of an erratic driver, Roeske said. The caller reported that the driver swerving all over the road while changing speeds.

The trooper located the vehicle and attempted to initiate a traffic stop, when the St. Paul man sped away heading west to I-35W, Roeske said. The vehicle went south on 35W before the man’s vehicle hit a set of stop sticks and was stopped after the trooper executed a PIT maneuver at Johnson Street in Minneapolis.

The driver was jailed for felony fleeing police in a motor vehicle, as well as an active warrant for his arrest, Roeske said. One passenger, a 32-year-old Minneapolis woman, was jailed for on suspicion of felony possession of a controlled substance.

The substance was sent to the BCA for testing.

The other passenger, a 16-year-old Minneapolis boy was released to a guardian.

"We take these pursuits very seriously," Roeske said. "Anytime we deal with someone fleeing, our officers are trained to constantly reevaluate the need to apprehend a suspect with the danger to the public."

If the trooper deems that public safety outweighs the chase, Roeske said the officer is trained to terminate the pursuit.

But when an officer is responding to a report of a possibly impaired driver, that complicates things, Roeske said, because of the inherent risk an impaired driver poses to the general public.