Police Chase Ends with Explosion

A police chase ended in Prescott when a 70-year-old man blew up his Ford Bronco, which set a police cruiser on fire before he was apprehended and flown to a Phoenix hospital with severe burns. Watch it here.

The incident began when suspect James Crespo failed to comply with a traffic stop, at which point police deployed traffic spikes.

Crespo eventually stopped his Bronco in a neighborhood and then ignited a propane tank with a blow torch. The explosion shook nearby homes and prompted a response from the local fire department as brush and trees caught fire. 

Crespo had several existing felony warrants for weapons charges in Maricopa County. 

RSV Cases on the Rise

The number of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) cases is trending upward in Arizona based on data from the Arizona Department of Health Services. Watch a report here.

There were 1,173 cases between Feb. 2 and Feb. 8, a 5.5% rise from the week prior and a 229% increase from the five-year reported average. 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention currently ranks RSV as moderate when tallying the number of people who have been seen for it in emergency rooms. 

RSV mostly affects young children, the elderly, and those with autoimmune diseases. 

Mom and Baby Healthy After Highway Birth

A woman who gave birth to a newborn on the side of Highway 347 is home and recovering after nearly dying in the hospital. Watch the video report.

Shelby Vuja’s husband was driving her to the hospital after she began having contractions, but she went into labor when they were 15 minutes out. 

A dispatcher walked Thomas through the delivery process, and later, CPR instructions when the baby wouldn’t breathe on its own. The newborn was taken to the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit.

In the meantime, Shelby went into cardiac arrest and had to be resuscitated. She spent nine days in the intensive care unit before she and her newborn, Caden, returned home on Feb. 1—his original due date.

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