HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The 18-wheeler driver who led Harris County sheriff's deputies on a slow-moving pursuit almost two years ago is now suing the deputies in federal court.

Deputies pursued Louisiana trucker Trinidad Cutshall for almost an hour along the East Freeway in Dec. 2023. Speeds only reached five miles per hour, and the SWAT team ultimately had to use a ram to get Cutshall out of the truck.

But in May, prosecutors dismissed the evading charge against him less than a month before he was set to go to trial.

Cutshall's attorney, Garrett Gibbins, said it's because prosecutors were confronted with evidence that Cutshall was suffering from sepsis during the pursuit.

"He had a medical condition that caused him to completely black out," said Gibbins, adding that Cutshall "had no

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