UPDATE: Pasco schools locked down after short chase
A Pasco driver fleeing police slammed into an animal control truck and triggered a lockdown at two schools.
Sgt. Bill Parramore spotted an Acura with two men inside recklessly driving near the intersection of 20th Avenue and Sylvester Street around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday.
When he signaled them to stop, the driver, Lance Horntvedt, 32, of Pasco, took off.
The short chase lasted until Horntvedt ran a stop sign at 18th Avenue and hit a Franklin County Animal Control truck. Horntvedt then crashed into a fence.
Horntvedt and his passenger bolted from the Acura. Officers tracked Horntvedt through a couple of yards and caught him trying to hide, said Sgt. Scott Warren.
Pasco High and Emerson Elementary schools went into a brief lockdown while officers searched. It was lifted about 10 minutes later.
Cameron Probert: 509-582-1402, @cameroncprobert
This story was originally published March 20, 2018 at 10:37 AM with the headline "UPDATE: Pasco schools locked down after short chase."