DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) - Two people accused of fleeing from police in a stolen pickup and hiding out in Theodore Roosevelt National Park during a two-day search are awaiting charges, authorities said Thursday.
One of the suspects, a 19-year-old woman, survived two nights in the park when the temperature dipped to zero degrees, according to Billings County Sheriff Pat Rummel. The other suspect, a 33-year-old man, spent one night in the park.
Authorities say the incident began Monday when the pair stole the truck from a Fairfield residence and fled from a traffic stop on Interstate 94. The suspects led law enforcement on a chase into the park, where they abandoned the vehicle and fled on foot, The Bismarck Tribune reported.
The search involved police dogs, a Highway Patrol airplane and a dozen agencies, Rummel said.
The woman was flown Wednesday night to a Minnesota hospital for treatment, the sheriff said. The man is in custody at a Dickinson jail.
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