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Dive team rescues man who tried to escape
Posted: 06.05.2012 at 4:41 PM
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FORT COLLINS, COLO. (AP) -- A man being sought for escape has been hospitalized after he was rescued by a dive team after crashing into a canal.

Larimer County deputies say they were trying to stop a suspected intoxicated driver leaving a strip club Monday night when the suspect fled.

According to KMGH-TV, Omar Cornejo-Vasquez escaped from jail where he was serving time for driving under the influence and driving without a license.

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Information from: KMGH-TV 

(Copyright ©2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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