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SALT LAKE CITY — Three individuals who police say attempted to commit fraud at a bank were taken into custody Thursday evening after a car chase on Highland Drive which ended in an accident.

Officers received a call from the University Federal Credit Union on 7200 South and Highland Drive at around 5 p.m. They were informed that a fraud was being attempted, according to Cottonwood Heights Police Lt. Dan Bartlett.

"They had a female trying to cash some bad checks at the bank," he explained.

One of Cottonwood Heights Police Department's detectives showed up and discovered that there were two individuals, one male and one female, in a vehicle outside and one woman inside the bank, according to Bartlett.

"The male and the female in the car saw the detective pull up, so they started to drive away," Bartlett said. "He followed them into the neighborhood behind the bank where the driver pulled into a dead end."

The detective was hoping to corner the drivers, but they wheeled around and tried to ram him, Bartlett said. "At that point, the detective jumped back in the car and initiated the pursuit," Bartlett said. "He followed them out of the neighborhood back onto Highland."

The driver continued south onto Creek Road, according to Bartlett, but with the rush hour traffic, he was stalled there. The driver turned around and went back north on Highland Drive. An officer along the way was able to spike the vehicle's tires, Bartlett said.

"The pursuit continued north on Highland Drive to where he ran a red light at the intersection of I-215 and Highland," Bartlett continued.

They hit another vehicle and the driver of that vehicle received minor injuries, Bartlett said. The people in the suspect vehicle were taken to the hospital for their injuries before being taken into custody.

"We got the other woman in the credit union," Bartlett said about the woman who police say had been attempting to commit fraud.

The individuals were later identified as Kimberly Samson, 33, Adalberto Ozeta, 28, and Alexandra Trujillo, 28. All three individuals were booked into jail Thursday night.