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Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 4:16 AM

Pursuit ends with spiked tires

FLATONIA - Fayette County Deputy Noah Geer recently initiated a traffic stop on a speeding vehicle traveling westbound on Interstate 10 near Schulenburg about 2:30 a.m.

T he vehicle failed to yield to Geer's emergency lights and siren and instead accelerated to speeds exceeding 100 miles per hour. During the pursuit, Flatonia Police Department Sergeant Trey Tunis success - fully deployed tire-deflation devices, disabling all four tires of the suspect vehicle.

The vehicle exited the in- terstate in Flatonia, continuing on two deflated tires and two rims before coming to a stop in a restaurant parking lot along the frontage road. Upon stop - ping, both occupants fled on foot into a wooded area behind the business.

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