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Mexican authorities say a Utah man drove a truck into a crowd of people near a border checkpoint

Mexican authorities have identified a Utah man as the driver who allegedly plowed his truck into a crowd of people near a border checkpoint, injuring three as he tried to evade police during a chaotic pursuit Monday.

Officers began chasing Frank Eddie Stricker, 29, shortly after 2 p.m., according to a report written in Spanish from Tijuana law enforcement. They had received calls of a man threatening a resident with a knife on Manuel Márquez de León Avenue.

When they approached Stricker, the release states, he jumped into a Chevrolet Silverado with Utah license plates and took off toward the United States.