SALT LAKE CITY — One man was arrested after a car chase in Sevier County that police say is related to a 12-year-old girl who was reported missing.

Lt. Mike Alexander with Utah Highway Patrol said a Ford F-150 that was involved in the car chase was reported to be connected to the missing girl, which is why police attempted to stop the truck on Tuesday around 6 p.m.

“A Richfield City police officer located that vehicle and attempted to stop it and the vehicle fled,” Alexander said. “And then a little while later, one of our troopers located that vehicle and attempted to stop it, and it fled from him as well.”

According to Alexander, police pursued the truck in an area near the town of Joseph where officers eventually stopped the vehicle using spike strips, after the driver turned around

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