Whitefish police

assisted deputies in a pursuit just before 4 a.m. The pursuit went from Whitefish Stage to Hodgson to Bear Trail to Cougar to Goat Trail back to Hodgson on to U.S. 93 to Montana 40. Whitefish officers assisted by planting stop sticks. The chase continued on Dillon Road, on Armory Road, to Second and down Edgewood.

After the right rear tire went flat, the driver bailed and ran into the woods. The male driver was apprehended and found to have two outstanding warrants.

Whitefish police also responded to a motor vehicle collision with a bear on Wisconsin Avenue. The driver wasn't injured and the bear disappeared.