Bannock County deputy shoots man after chase

POCATELLO (AP) - A Fort Hall man who led southeastern Idaho law enforcement officers on a chase after a hit-and-run was shot and injured by a Bannock County deputy.

The sheriff's office says 33-year-old Kevin Dean Toane was shot after trying to ram officers and their cars at the end of the chase. He's hospitalized in serious condition at a Salt Lake City hospital.

Sheriff Lorin Nielsen says the chase began at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday when a deputy spotted the vehicle suspected in the hit-and-run.

Other deputies and Fort Hall police joined the pursuit. The vehicle slowed to a stop on a dirt road after it ran over spike strips.

Officers say that as they approached the vehicle, Toane tried to ram them and their vehicles.