Austin police arrested one suspect and are looking for another after a driver fled police in a vehicle and then on foot during a traffic stop early this morning.

The incident started after an officer attempted to pull over a vehicle for a driving violation at the intersection of Tenth Street Northeast and East Oakland Avenue. However, the vehicle continued down Tenth Street and then stopped at Second Avenue Northeast, according to Police Chief Brian Krueger.

A male got out of the vehicle and fled on foot. The officer pursued him but slipped and lost sight of him. The vehicle, containing two other people, took off again down Tenth Street and turned left on Eighth Avenue Northeast after running a stop sign.

Another Austin squad car got directly behind the vehicle and pursued it onto Ninth Street Northeast. The vehicle ran another stop sign at Sixth Avenue and turned right on Fifth Avenue Northeast and then another right on Eighth Street Northeast where it finally stopped at the 600 block of that street.

The officer performed a high-risk traffic stop. The driver and passenger got out of the vehicle without incident.

The driver had drug paraphernalia in his pockets and said he had used meth recently. The driver was arrested and is being held on possible charges of fourth-degree DWI, pending test results, and fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle. He also has two outstanding probation violations for Mower County. The passenger was released.

The suspect who fled cops on foot was not apprehended.