Vian Police Chief Mack White said Officer Mike Thomas initially stopped a Honda motorcycle driven by Samuel Abila, 23, for speeding on State Highway 82.
White said when Thomas tried to talk to the driver, the man fled the scene, got on Interstate 40 and headed east. White said while attempting to get on Interstate 40, Thomas lost control of his patrol car after hitting gravel and ended up in a deep ditch.
White said there was frame damage to the patrol car, but it was not totaled in the accident.
The Sallisaw Police Department, Sequoyah County Sheriff's Office, and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol were involved in the pursuit, as well as other departments in LeFlore County, White said. Speeds during the police pursuit reportedly reached over 100-miles-per-hour.
Sallisaw Police Chief Shaloa Edwards said his department received a call about the pursuit at 10:02 p.m.
Edwards said an officer on Interstate 40 saw the motorcycle passing cars at a high rate of speed and the officer attempted to stop the driver. Abila cut across two lanes of traffic, exited on Sallisaw's U.S. Highway 59 ramp and drove south toward Spiro.
Abila ran three roadblocks during the pursuit, which finally ended when Abila struck a Spiro police car.
Edwards said Abila was arrested by Spiro police and was sent to a Fort Smith, Ark., hospital to be treated for injuries sustained during the crash. He said it is believed the bike Abila was riding was stolen out of Florida. No officers were injured during the pursuit.
Abila is facing various charges, including driving with a suspended license, reckless driving, alluding and attempting to allude a police officer, failure to stop at a roadblock, and knowingly concealing stolen property.
