 A late night traffic stop quickly turned into a short lived high speed pursuit. Just before midnight, a Bemidji police officer attempted to pull over a vehicle that was driving without lights. The vehicle quickly fled from the Paul Bunyan Drive, from Paul Bunyan Drive turning east, driving at speeds up to 80 miles per hour down 4th Street. Donald Negren of Minneapolis crashed the vehicle into a tree and hit a parked vehicle on Lake Avenue. The police department says that anytime a pursuit takes place, it can be extremely dangerous. We have protocols that we follow. We will terminate a pursuit if we feel that it's a danger to the public. But this one, like I said, happened so quickly. The suspect actually crashed, you know, not soon after, taken off. So we didn't even have time to terminate this pursuit. And each one is a case by case basis. It happened at midnight, less vehicles on the roadway. You know, it's not rush hour. A passenger was found injured in the back seat of the vehicle and was transported to Sanford Hospital. Two other occupants fled on foot but were later located with the help of the Beltrami County Sheriff's canine unit. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.