A 48-year-old Placerville man allegedly struck a police officer with his pickup truck and sped away, leading authorities on a pursuit that topped 100 mph along Highway 50 before ending in a rollover crash in South Lake Tahoe.
Scot Cameron Hiltabrand II was arrested the evening of Friday, Nov. 6, and booked into El Dorado County Jail, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) said.
Placerville Police Department officers tried to stop Hiltabrand on suspicion of stalking a woman, according to The Sacramento Bee, citing a CHP news release. Hiltabrand allegedly struck a uniformed officer with a silver Toyota Tacoma and fled eastbound on Highway 50.
Placerville police began the pursuit. CHP officers from Placerville took over just west of Fresh Pond.
As the chase continued east, CHP officers from South Lake Tahoe joined in. El Dorado County Sheriff's deputies coordinated efforts to clear road construction crews from the path of the pursuit near Meyers, the Bee reported.
Deputies deployed spike strips at two locations along the Sierra roadway. The strips flattened two of Hiltabrand's tires.
He kept driving.
Even on two flat tires, Hiltabrand reached speeds above 100 mph, CHP said, according to CBS Sacramento. He lost control of the truck near Lisa Maloff Way in South Lake Tahoe, where the vehicle rolled onto its roof.
CHP officers, with help from an El Dorado County Sheriff's Office K-9 deputy, took Hiltabrand into custody around 7:30 p.m., the Bee reported.
He was booked on suspicion of felony reckless evasion of law enforcement, assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer and resisting an officer. Placerville police were expected to refer the case to the El Dorado County District Attorney's Office for prosecution, CHP said.
No information about the condition of the officer who was struck was available in published reports.
