Fleeing motorist in stolen vehicle arrested in deadly crash

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SEDALIA, Mo. (AP)  – Authorities say a fleeing Missouri motorist in a stolen vehicle collided with a pickup truck and a deputy’s sport utility vehicle, killing the truck’s driver. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the crash happened around 8:30 p.m. Sunday when the suspect failed to stop for a red light and struck a Dodge Dakota, which then hit the Pettis County deputy’s sport utility vehicle. The
patrol says the Dakota’s driver, 27-year-old Zachary Hancock Bottom, was ejected. He was rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The patrol says in a tweet that the deputy is OK.

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