Bonney Lake police search for elusive Thunderbird

The car almost hit a patrol vehicle the morning of May 5.

Bonney Lake police are searching for a vehicle almost involved in a collision with officers.

At around 5:30 a.m. on May 17, officers were dispatched to a single vehicle in the ditch alongside Elhi Rim Road.

Several people managed to pull it out, and when officers arrived on the scene, the car — a 1987 Ford Thunderbird with the license plate WA/AHK0131 — drove toward officers at a high rate of speed, nearly colliding with the patrol vehicle.

The Thunderbird drove down state Route 410 and exited in Sumner with officers pursuing.

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The chase ended when the car drove west in the eastbound lanes of SR 512.

The vehicle has heavy front-end damage and missing a portion of its exhaust.

Officers ask anyone with information to call 9-1-1 and not approach or make contact with the vehicle or drivers.