One person is dead following a police chase on Interstate 35 north of Ames early Saturday morning. According to a report from the Iowa State Patrol, a state trooper tried to conduct a traffic stop involving a 1997 Toyota Avalon, driven by Whaitarkwoia Tomahn, 41, of Brooklyn Center, Minn., just before 12:30 a.m. on Interstate 35 southbound. Tomahn refused to stop and a chase began. The chase ended as Tomahn tried to take exit 121, near the Prairie Area rest area just south of the Roland exit, when the car struck a 2016 Volvo semitrailer that was parked at the rest area, the report showed...
