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2 arrested after multi-agency chase of stolen fire truck

2 arrested after multi-agency chase of stolen fire truck
WEBVTT [SCREAMING] REPORTER: BARRELING DOWN HIGHWAY 65 AT TIMES TRAVELING 75 MILES AN HOUR, THE STOLEN SACRAMENTO METRO FIRE TRUCK THREATENED TO TAKE O ANYTHING IN ITS WAY. AFTER HITTING A SPIKE STRIP, T ENGINE IS SEEN HERE DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY 70 WITH A TIRE MISSING. >> IT’S PROBABLY BEEN ABOUT 20-30 MINUTES THAT THEY WERE DRIVING 50-60 MILES AN HOUR WITHOUT A FRONT RIGHT TIRE. REPORTER: INVESTIGATORS SAY THE TRUCK WAS STOLEN BY THIS MAN AT 3:48 IN THE AFTERNOON FROM RIO LINDA AS FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO A GRASS FIRE. HE THEN PICKED UP THIS WOMAN AT A HOME A MILE AWAY AND TOGETHE THE TWO TOOK OFF. THIS IS HOW IT ENDED FOU COUNTIES, AND NEARLY 100 MILES LATER ON HIGHWAY 70 OUTSIDE OROVILLE. DEPUTIES WITH THEIR GUNS DRAWN TAKING THE TWO SUSPECTS INTO CUSTODY. >> THE DOOR WAS WIDE OPEN. >> OK. >> WITHOUT HOLLYWOOD -- JUST RIGHT HERE. >> I W AFRAID BECAUSE IF ANYBODY GOT HURT IF HE DOESN’T , GET HELP. IT WAS VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY TRAUMATIZING. REPORTER: THE TRUCK VALUED AT $1 MILLION, FULLY LOADED, IS SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED. >> I THINK MOST OF US AR SHOCKED RIGHT NOW AND, AS WE DIGEST THIS, WE’LL HAVE OUR OPINION KIND OF COME OUT LITTLE BIT FURTHER. REPORTER: INVESTIGATORS SAY THE SUSPECTS TOOK TURNS DRIVING AND BELIEVE BOTH WERE INFLUENCED BY DRUGS, ALCOHOL, OR BOTH. >> THE ONE DRIVER AT A TIME HAD A SHIRT COMPLETELY COVERING THEIR FACE EXCEPT FOR THEIR EYES, SO IT WAS HARD TO TELL WHETHER OR NOT THAT WAS THE FEMALE OR THE MALE. REPORTER: A TRUCK MEANT TO FIGHT FIRES AND SAVE LIVES, USED TO CREATE A DANGEROUS EMERGENCY OF ITS
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2 arrested after multi-agency chase of stolen fire truck
Two suspects are in custody after an hours-long chase of a Sacramento County fire truck stolen in Rio Linda ended Saturday near Oroville, authorities said.Learn more in the video above.

Two suspects are in custody after an hours-long chase of a Sacramento County fire truck stolen in Rio Linda ended Saturday near Oroville, authorities said.

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Learn more in the video above.