SISSETON, S.D. - A man on a stolen tractor led authorities on a low-speed, two-state chase that ended when the farm vehicle crashed into a police car and pickup truck, totaling both.
Thomas Arthur Dahl, 29, of Herman, Minn., faces charges including intentional damage to property and possession of stolen property.
He made his first court appearance Wednesday and was being held in lieu of $2,000 bail. Other charges were pending in Traverse County, Minn., Sheriff Donald Montonye said.
Authorities said after his pickup truck ran into a snowy ditch early Tuesday, Dahl allegedly stole a tractor from a farmyard and then led sheriff's deputies on a more than 20-mile chase from western Minnesota to a Hutterite colony in eastern South Dakota.
The big tractor stopped after it slammed into the squad car and pickup truck, Montonye said.
The sheriff said the man had allegedly been drinking but was "rational, coherent, cooperative and apologetic" when the chase ended.
