POTTER COUNTY, Texas (KFDA) – Texas DPS officials say one person is in custody following a high-speed car chase in Potter County.

DPS officials said the chase began around 5:30 p.m. Friday.

A DPS trooper attempted to stop Jose Ayala-Hernandez, 40, from El Salvador. He was driving a Dodge pickup truck on US 87 northbound.

The chase briefly spilled into Moore County before authorities say Ayala-Hernandez turned around and headed toward Potter County.

Potter County deputies later assisted DPS officers in the chase.

DPS officials said the suspect was taken into custody around 6:15 p.m.

Ayala-Hernandez will be charged with evading arrest by motor vehicle and will be booked into the Potter County Jail, authorities said.

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