Kidnapping Victim Rescued After Suspect Runs into Police Vehicle

A man suspected of abducting a 12-year-old girl and fleeing from Utah officers is in custody after crashing into a parked police vehicle during a Sunday morning pursuit.

Lt. Andrew Smith with the Bountiful Police Department told KSL the girl left her home and got into a man’s car in his 20s, whom she met on social media at approximately 12:21 a.m.

Smith said the family called police at approximately 9 a.m. after the car returned to their home. According to police, when officers arrived, the man had fled in a 2011 white Chevrolet Camaro with the girl inside.

Police reported that a high-speed pursuit of the vehicle had begun. Smith said the chase went onto southbound Interstate 15, then on Interstate 215 until the suspect’s car lost control and hit the back of a Woods Cross police car on the Legacy Highway overpass. The car was parked as officers were working to deploy a spike strip .

Following the crash, the suspect was taken into custody without incident. Police also found a handgun in the car.