Caden Timothy McKinney, 18, Burlington, is charged in district court in Minot with a Class C felony for allegedly fleeing from police in Surrey on Friday at a high rate of speed and placing others at risk of injury or death.

According to a probable cause affidavit filed with the court by Surrey police officer Anna Olson, at one point McKinney tried to pass traffic in the right hand turn lane and forced another vehicle to skid to a stop. McKinney then lost control of the vehicle, went down into the ditch and continued back up the other side and jumped into the busy Dawn to Dusk gas station parking lot and continued to try to flee. The officer pulled into the parking lot after McKinney and McKinney drove out the east entrance of the parking lot and crossed the highway without looking and his vehicle was struck by a westbound 2015 Chevy Silverado. Both vehicles were damaged. McKinney was extricated from his vehicle and taken to the Trinity Emergency Room for treatment. A juvenile male passenger in McKinney’s car refused treatment and was released to the custody of his father.

Law enforcement with the Surrey police department and the Ward County Sheriff’s Office searched McKinney’s car and found a bag of marijuana, a glass pipe and several empty containers. McKinney admitted to using methamphetamine and marijuana and told law enforcement that he fled police because he didn’t want to be charged with violating his probation.