According to the criminal complaint, a Coon Rapids firefighter witnessed the trucks speeding south down I-35W, traveling at an estimated 80 to 90 mph. He allegedly saw the third vehicle, driven by Johnson, swerve into the right lane three times before it traveled across traffic and attempted to correct itself, crashing into the median where the box separated from the cab and rolled multiple times on I-35W near 95th Avenue, the complaint states.

Fire Department Chief John Lehman told the city commission this week that the drone would not be used on a daily basis.

"There's not someone out there that we're trying to model - we're attempting to be the model for departments in the state of Michigan," Lehman said in an interview with MLive.