- And dumps salt all over in the place in the meantime.
A salt truck led police on a slow-speed chase in a City of Cincinnati salt truck. The truck dumped its salt all over the police cruisers that pursued it.
The incident began around 11:45 p.m. last Thursday in Reading, Ohio. According to an affidavit, the Reading police officer actually pulled a different vehicle over on Reading Road, near Sunnybrook Drive.
The officers were out of their vehicles and taking someone into custody when they suddenly heard the sound of an engine accelerating. That’s when they saw the City of Cincinnati salt truck barreling toward them.
“The truck in question was only feet away from me and entering into our lane of travel. During this time, the truck could still be heard accelerating. I had to jump back to avoid being struck by the truck in question,” reads the affidavit, signed by the officer.
As the truck passed, it flung salt onto the officers and the man being taken into custody because the truck had its salt spreader on. The officials began to chase the salt truck.
They activated their overhead lights and ordered the truck to pull over. The truck didn’t stop, but yet made a U-turn and continued to flee from the police.
The truck driver even raised the bed of its truck to dump salt on the police cruisers that were pursuing him. After, the truck then got onto the northbound Interstate 75, then onto eastbound 126.
The truck exited going south onto Reading Road, then headed back to its original location. Officers again approached the salt truck, before it turned on its salt spreaders and again threw salt onto the cruisers and other passing cars.
Eventually the pursuit, which lasted about 30 minutes, ended near the intersection of Winton Road and Oakfield Avenue. The truck driver has been identified as Omar Armstrong, 36.
Armstrong is facing a series of charges, including reckless operation of a motor vehicle and failure to comply with officers.
Armstrong is being held at the Hamilton County Jail.