Erik Tyler Shalosky… Photo provided by the CCSD
Erik Taylor Shalosky, 20, of Billings, Montana is charged with theft of property, reckless endangerment, leaving the scene of an accident and driving on revoked/suspended license. Bond was set at $105,000 and he’ll be in court on Sept. 27.
According to a warrant obtained by Trooper Donnie Clark, an attempt was made to stop the vehicle that Shalosky was operating because he was following another vehicle to close on Interstate 24, but the driver exited the interstate and drove into the parking lot of Quick Mart in Manchester. The trooper had learned from his license recognition camera that the vehicle was possibly stolen.
As the trooper started to turn his blue lights on and stop the vehicle, the driver took off at a high rate of speed and drove through a red light at an intersection in Manchester. Shalosky then, according to the warrant, took off on the wrong side of the road in a reckless manner. The pursuit then continued onto AEDC Road and struck Trooper Sam Johnson’s patrol car and pushed it off the roadway but he drove back onto the roadway. When he entered the roadway Trooper Clark pushed the vehicle back off the roadway. He then drove through a fence at Geo-Tronics damaging a large section of the fence and nearly struck a construction worker.
Shalosky then drove back onto the roadway but lost control of the car and crashed for a third time. He was then taken into custody.
