DAVIS COUNTY, Utah — A man in a stolen truck was arrested early Wednesday after leading Utah Highway Patrol troopers on a pursuit through Davis and Salt Lake counties that reached speeds over 100 miles per hour.
Cameron Silveira, 42, was arrested and faces multiple charges after he attempted to flee on foot when the stolen truck he was in was stopped heading the wrong way on the highway by a trooper who performed a PIT maneuver on the vehicle.
The incident began when a trooper in Davis County attempted to stop Silveira for a traffic violation. Instead of stopping, Silveira began a pursuit on southbound Interstate 15 and eventually moved onto I-215 West southbound.
At one point, UHP said Silveira's vehicle was going in excess of 105 miles per hour.
When the pursuit reached an area near 700 North, a trooper conducted a PIT maneuver to stop Silveira, who continued the chase and went on to ram several other vehicles until another trooper used his vehicle to disable Silveira's truck as he was driving northbound in the southbound lanes of I-215.
Silveira then fled the scene on foot, hopping a fence to a nearby army storage facility. He was found hiding inside a Hummer vehicle a short time later and arrested.
Several troopers, as well as Silveira, suffered minor injuries during the incident.
Silveira faces charges for failure to stop at the command of police, reckless driving, wrong way on a one-way street, and reckless endangerment, among others.
