A man fleeing police jumped from the 63rd Street Interstate 5 overpass onto the grassy shoulder below on Sunday night, but he was eventually taken into custody with the help of a police dog.
Clark County sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of suspicious activity near a Hazel Dell 7-Eleven, 6212 N.E. Highway 99, at about 9:15 p.m. Sunday, Sgt. Fred Neiman said.
Deputies contacted two people in a vehicle and immediately noted drug activity, Neiman said.
The driver, Robbin Carmen Brelia, 29, of Vancouver was taken into custody, but the passenger fled on foot, Neiman said.
As deputies chased the passenger, identified as 23-year-old Jamie Alejandro Vega of Vancouver, Vega jumped from the 63rd Street overpass onto the grassy shoulder of Interstate 5 and ran across all lanes of both northbound and southbound traffic, Neiman said.