Potato Truck Causes Pandemonium in Pasco

(Pasco, WA) -- It took a joint effort from Franklin County and Pasco authorities to handle reports of reckless driving involving a potato truck on Sunday. Police tried to stop the large truck with a spike strip at 395 and Kartchner. The driver, 42-year-old Zachary Bailie, lost a front tire but continued up 395 north to Foster Wells Road before heading back south on 395. The vehicle then caught fire on the Kartchner Street overpass.

Tonight around 1840 hours Pasco Police asked for our assistance with a possible DUI driver of a Potato truck in the area...

Posted by Franklin County Sheriff's Office on Sunday, October 31, 2021

Bailie then fled the vehicle, but was taken into custody shortly thereafter. He was suspected of being under the influence of drugs and was taken to Lourdes for medical clearance before being booked on a multiple charges.