Stolen vehicle found in Kimball Co. following pursuit

On Friday, Sept. 21, at approximately 2:36 p.m. a call came into the Kimball County Sheriffs Office from Wyoming Highway Patrol about a stolen vehicle and subsequent high speed pursuit that was heading east into Kimball County on Interstate 80, according to Kimball County Sheriff Harry Gillway.

Gillway said the pursuit exited the interstate at Bushnell and continued east on Highway 30.

“A woman passenger jumped from the moving vehicle and was then brought to the Kimball County Sheriffs Office, by a passerby, where she was then interviewed,” he added.

Nebraska State Patrol along with deputies of the KCSO assisted the Laramie County Sheriffs Office out of Laramie County, Wyoming and the Wyoming Highway Patrol.

Law enforcement lost sight of the stolen vehicle in Kimball County, south of Bushnell. KCSO deputies searched farm houses in the area and alerted Kimball County residents, sharing the description of a hispanic male wearing a ball cap and yellow shirt.

Deputy Jason Hottell found the vehicle near county road 25 and 10.

According to Gillway information was later given that approximately four miles from where the vehicle was found, a man approached a farmer about his truck breaking down and asked the farmer to give him a ride to Cheyenne at approximately 8:22 p.m.

Wyoming Highway Patrol and the Laramie County Sheriffs Department are continuing their investigation.