Saturday morning, just after midnight, a guy in a BMW SUV decided to turn I-5 into his personal NASCAR track. Except he was going the wrong direction at 120 miles per hour. Against traffic. In the dark.

Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders, who briefly chased this driver himself, called him “likely the most dangerous driver in the state.” And when you hear what comes next, you’ll understand why.

This was arrest number 29. Not a typo. 29. He has fourteen felony convictions, including vehicular assault, auto theft, and attempting to elude police. And yet, there he was Saturday night, allegedly high on meth and fentanyl, one head-on collision away from turning someone’s drive home into a tragedy.

Earlier this year, he was convicted of felony DUI. He served less than a month and was releas

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