AURORA, Colo. — Two people were hospitalized early Wednesday morning after an Aurora police chase ended with a truck flipped on its side in the area of southbound Interstate 25 and E. Arapahoe Road.
The pursuit began at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday when Aurora police got a call about an incident of felony menacing with a gun near 32nd Ave. and 32nd Pl.
Officers spotted the red car described in the report, going eastbound on E. Colfax Ave. They tried to follow the vehicle onto Interstate 225 southbound, but a white truck got in the way, Aurora police said.
People in the white truck began throwing things out of the vehicle, according to Aurora police, and firing a gun at officers.
The officers pursued the white truck, using a PIT maneuver to stop the vehicle at around southbound Interstate 25 and Arapahoe Road in Greenwood Village, causing it to flip on its side.
The man and woman inside were injured and taken to the hospital.
Aurora police said they will both be arrested after they're cleared by doctors. Officers recovered a gun at the scene of the encounter.
They never caught up with the red car and its driver reported in the original felony menacing with a gun.
This comes as the Aurora Police Department updated its policy earlier this month, allowing officers to chase driver in situations when a crime involves a gun and there's a public safety risk.
No lanes were blocked as a result of the rollover, Denver7 Traffic Expert Jayson Luber reported, but it could cause a slowdown for the Wednesday morning commute as traffic increases.
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