{"id":211002,"date":"2026-03-29T22:11:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T22:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/211002\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T22:11:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T22:11:16","slug":"man-flees-traffic-stop-crashes-into-building-pcso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/211002\/","title":{"rendered":"Man flees traffic stop, crashes into building: PCSO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/milan-racak-mug.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-7d0efd03=\"\"\/> article   <\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. &#8211; The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/pinellas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pinellas County<\/a> Sheriff&#8217;s Office said a man crashed his vehicle into a vacant building after fleeing a traffic stop in Treasure Island.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Deputies responded to the crash at 104th Avenue and Gulf Boulevard Saturday night. Investigators said Milan John Racak fled from Treasure Island police officers who were attempting to conduct a traffic stop. Racak then lost control of his vehicle, striking a utility pole and a vacant building, according to deputies.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">All occupants of the vehicle were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">While deputies say the building was vacant, it is not known if anyone outside the vehicle was injured.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Racak was charged with the following:<\/p>\n<p> Driving under the influenceFlee or elude, resulting in serious bodily injuryTwo charges of DUI with serious bodily injury <\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">The investigation is ongoing. Further updates regarding the events leading up to the crash will be handled by the Treasure Island Police Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This article was written using information from the Pinellas County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/pinellas\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pinellas County<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. &#8211; The Pinellas County Sheriff&#8217;s Office said a man crashed his vehicle into a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211003,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[630,47,115,1157,135,137,136,628],"class_list":["post-211002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-fl","tag-news","tag-pinellas","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}