Cheyenne Police vehicle crashes and flips in pursuit of speeder

CHEYENNE — A Cheyenne Police officer collided with another vehicle, flipping the patrol vehicle while in pursuit of a speeder Friday morning.

According to Cheyenne Police Department Public Information Officer Alex Farkas, the officer had attempted to pull a driver over for speeding along Central Avenue.

Instead of yielding to the officer, the speeder accelerated away, engaging the officer in a pursuit.

The officer then followed the vehicle down Snyder Avenue. The officer was involved in a crash with another driver — who was not involved in the pursuit — near the intersection of Snyder Avenue and West Pershing Boulevard, flipping the police vehicle, Farkas said.

Neither the officer nor the driver of the second vehicle were seriously injured. However, the crash prevented the officer from