According to the Oneida County Sheriff‘s Department, a Utica man was arrested following a failure to comply in the Town of Bridgewater. On Friday around 5:23 p.m. a Patrol Deputy observed a 2012 Volvo traveling south at 88 MPH in a 55 MPH speed zone while passing a vehicle on the right on Route 8 in Bridgewater. The Deputy activated his emergency lights in an effort to conduct a traffic stop. The vehicle fled at a high rate of speed and the Deputy terminated the stop. A short time later, the same Deputy located the same vehicle in heavy traffic on Route 8 and attempted to stop the vehicle a second time. As the vehicle was fleeing, the operator Jose Guevara, 23, of Utica, recklessly passed several vehicles on the right driving over the sidewalk and then cut off several cars crossing into the northbound lane, when Guevara’s vehicle side swiped a 2014 Infinity heading north. Following the side swipe, it forced the Infinity into a 2023 Hyundai which was parked. After that collision, both the Infinity and Hyundai were hit by a 2012 Honda Guevara’s vehicle became disabled a short distance down the road in a front yard. Guevara was immediately taken into custody without incident. Other patients had minor injuries treated at two hospitals. Guevara was issued traffic tickets returnable to the Town of Bridgewater Court. Deputies were assisted on scene by New York State Police, Bridgewater Fire Department, Bridgewater Ambulance, Edwards Ambulance, West Winfield Ambulance, and Clayville Fire Department.
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