Hauser man arrested after alleged chase
Coleman
By BRIAN WALKER
POST FALLS – A 23-year-old Hauser man was arrested this morning after allegedly leading deputies on a chase and crashing his vehicle on the Rathdrum Prairie.
Cody L. Coleman was allegedly involved in a hit-and-run crash on Interstate 90 in Spokane Valley before crashing his car near Post Falls.
Just before 6 a.m., Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office deputies were notified of a reckless driver that was a suspect in an early-morning hit-and-run incident in Spokane Valley.
A Spokane County deputy saw the 2005 Ford Focus driving eastbound on the freeway near the state line at speeds in excess of 100 mph, according to the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office.
KCSO Lt. Stu Miller said he wasn't sure where the Spokane County deputy exactly began to attempt to pull Coleman over.
"Somewhere on Spokane Street, I believe, but when the car accelerated, the deputy discontinued and followed until our units could intercept," Miller said.
The SCSO deputy caught up to the car traveling eastbound on Prairie Avenue north of Post Falls and gave updates as local deputies arrived in the area of Prairie and Meyer Road.
As the suspect vehicle passed by in front of a KCSO deputy, Coleman attempted to pass a car in front of him on the right shoulder and ran off the road, crashing through a barbed wire fence, according to the KCSO. The vehicle stopped next to a set of train tracks.
Deputies ordered Coleman out of the car and he was arrested without further incident.
Coleman was not injured in the crash, but was taken to Kootenai Health because he said he was not feeling well. He was the only occupant inside the vehicle.
Once cleared from the hospital, Coleman was transported to the Kootenai County Jail and booked for reckless driving. He may also face driving under the influence charges once toxicology results are available.
Coleman told deputies that he didn't remember what had happened.
Coleman was also arrested in January on a warrant on charges of domestic battery, assault, malicious injury to property and burglary.