High-speed motorcycle chase begins at Eagle

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High-speed motorcycle chase begins at Eagle


 
 
Daily Staff Report
July 31, 2005
EAGLE - A 50-mile police chase that began near Eagle reached speeds of 165 mph Saturday before one motorcyclist was apprehended and another eluded authorities, State Patrol said.

Clint Knox, 22, of the Parachute area was arrested and charged with several felonies, including eluding and reckless endangerment.

Two motorcycles were clocked at 120 mph going west on Interstate 70 at 7:10 p.m. near Eagle, State Patrol said. The motorcyclists disregarded a trooper who pursued them with lights and siren on the interstate at speeds of over 100 mph, State Patrol said.

The riders were spotted again near Glenwood Springs, traveling 90 mph in a 35 mph construction zone, authorities said, and after another chase one rider exited the interstate onto Highway 6.

The chase continued west on Highway 6 through unsuccessful roadblocks in the South Canyon area and near Silt with speeds reaching 140 mph, State Patrol said, until Knox hit a patrol car, lost control and crashed west of Silt. He sustained minor injuries.

The other rider was pursued on I-70 at speeds that reached 165 mph, State Patrol said, and the pursuing officer ended the chase due to safety concerns.

That rider was still at large Sunday night, State Patrol said

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It looks like the second rider crashed, also....after he 'escaped' the cops......
 

2 motorcyclists hurt in crashes
Police suspect riders had been involved in high-speed chase

By Ellen Miller, Special to the News
August 1, 2005

Colorado State Patrol troopers gave chase Saturday night to two motorcyclists hitting break-neck speeds on Interstate 70 from Eagle to Silt, and details still were being sorted out Sunday.

Two young men on motorcycles crashed - one is jailed and the other hospitalized - and troopers suspect they were the same bikers who were clocked well in excess of 100 mph on the mountainous freeway.

 
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Clint Knox, 22, of Parachute, suffered minor injures Saturday night when he hit the back of a patrol car. He was treated and then jailed.

The second man, who had not been identified as of Sunday afternoon, was not found until about 6 a.m. Sunday near Silt. The man said he crashed about 6 p.m. Saturday, more than an hour before the chase began.

"We suspect, but we can't confirm or deny, that the one found (Sunday) was one of the two" from Saturday night's chase, Trooper Eric Gentry said Sunday afternoon. "He says it was 6, but he knows we're looking at last night, so he could be lying."

The second man, thought to be 20, was taken to St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Junction for "significant injuries," Gentry said.

Gentry said events began unfolding about 7:10 p.m. Saturday when a trooper clocked two motorcycles at 120 mph near Eagle. The trooper turned on his lights and siren and gave chase, but the bikers accelerated and sped into Glenwood Canyon.

The trooper tried to keep them in sight and radioed ahead to troopers in Glenwood Springs, who spotted the riders three miles east of Glenwood Springs going 90 mph in a 35 mph construction zone.

Troopers pursued them through Glenwood Springs into South Canyon at speeds "well over 100 mph." One rider took an exit and headed west on parallel U.S. 6, while the other stayed on I-70 at speeds "that eventually exceeded 165 mph," the patrol said.

The pursuing trooper backed off because of the danger of such an excessive speed and the presence of other traffic.

Meanwhile, Knox, allegedly reaching speeds of more than 140 mph on the two-lane U.S. 6, evaded an officer in New Castle and blew through a roadblock in Silt, the patrol said. Troopers used a "rolling roadblock" west of Silt and were able to slow the rider to under 55 mph.

The pursuit ended when Knox's cycle hit the back of one of the patrol cars, the patrol said.

About 6 a.m. Sunday, two people in a Jeep heard a man calling for help and found him in a steep ravine, Gentry said.

"He went down about 50 feet and was out of sight of the road, but he was able to crawl about 30 feet closer to the road and was able to shout at the Jeep," Gentry said. "He's hurt pretty bad."

Gentry said the motorcycles were "almost brand new" Suzukis, models commonly known as cafe-style bikes or race-style.

"Yes, they can go that fast," he said. "The 165 is pretty scary."

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Suspect in motorcycle chase charged


Police searching for other biker who allegedly reached 165 mph during I-70 pursuit


 
 
April E. Clark
August 2, 2005

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GLENWOOD SPRINGS — A Parachute man is facing felony and misdemeanor charges after a high-speed motorcycle chase with Colorado State Patrol on Interstate 70 Saturday.

Clint Knox, 22, was one of two motorcyclists who prompted a high-speed pursuit after a Colorado State Patrol trooper clocked them traveling at 120 mph in a 75-mph zone near Eagle.

Knox was released from the Garfield County Jail Sunday on a $7,050 bond. He is charged on suspicion of vehicular eluding — a felony — exhibition of speed, speeding through a construction zone, reckless driving, passing illegally, and disregarding a traffic-control device.

The second motorcyclist, who has not been identified, reached speeds of more than 165 mph along I-70 before troopers ended their pursuit for traffic safety concerns.

Police are looking into a possible connection involving an injured man found Sunday morning on County Road 311, two miles south of Silt, who crashed his motorcycle Saturday evening.

“We are still investigating whether or not the motorcyclist that crashed near Silt was involved in the pursuit or not,” said State Patrol Capt. Richard Duran. “Right now we’re still looking into it. I know he has broken bones, but I don’t know to what extent are his injuries.”

The unidentified man, who remains at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction, was driving a motorcycle that matches the description of the motorcycle involved in the pursuit, Duran said.

The chase began at 7:10 p.m. Saturday when Knox and the unidentified motorcyclist allegedly disregarded a trooper’s attempt to pull them over west of Eagle. The pursuit reached speeds of 100 mph as they entered Glenwood Canyon.

A trooper allegedly clocked the bikers in excess of 100 mph while traveling through the 35-mph construction zone near No Name. Two troopers separated Knox and the second motorcyclist near South Canyon on I-70. Knox then exited onto Highway 6.

He was allegedly going faster than 140 mph after allegedly eluding police at a Highway 6 roadblock and within New Castle town limits.

Knox allegedly avoided a second roadblock in Silt, but rear-ended a patrol car going approximately 55 mph after trying to pass between two troopers during a “rolling roadblock.” Knox suffered minor injuries.

“A rolling roadblock is a method we use to stop motorcycles or vehicles,” Duran said. “With motorcycles, we can’t really do tire deflation because of safety concerns. We use patrol cars, in this case, two, with one in front and one in back that gradually slow to a safe speed and don’t completely block the driver.

“We always leave an escape route,” he added. “In this case, he attempted to go around one and wasn’t paying attention and didn’t leave himself enough room.”

The have been other high-speed chases in Colorado this summer, Duran said.

“It’s not specifically by motorcyclists, but the public in general,” he said. “In the last few months, we have a couple of people go well over 100 mph attempting to flee. That’s extremely fast and extremely dangerous.”