Elk River Police Go On High Speed Chase With Motorist In A U-Haul

Here's something that wasn't on my Bingo card for 2025! A wild goose chase that involved a U-Haul is making headlines.

It's no secret some weird things happen in Minnesota. I blame winter and how we all get kind of bored, right?

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This incident happened over the weekend in Elk River, a city about two hours from Duluth. Officers chased down a motorist who was driving a U-Haul all over the town and then some.

Yes, really. An account on X that goes by MN_CRIME shared details of the story, along with video of part of the incident.

Wow! The person driving the U-Haul, according to this report, led officers on a high speed chase across the same highway in both directions - both northbound and southbound.

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The motorist then got off on an exit, drove into a liquor store parking lot and then over a snowy sidewalk, because leading police on a high speed chase wasn't bad enough.

Thankfully, the cops were able to pull off a pretty cool move to get the U-Haul to stop. I have so many questions about this. Why was this person leading cops on a high speed chase in a U-Haul? How fast do those things go?

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Maybe this drive thought it would be good marketing for the company? Maybe they got lost and were trying to find their house?

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In all seriousness, while this is a wacky story, I am glad nobody was hurt. You never know what you are going to see when you hit the open road I guess.