The driver of a Pontiac G6 Coupe was taken into custody this week after he led police on a brief chase in Independence, Ohio.
According to local ABC affiliate News 5 Cleveland, the Independence Police Department pulled over the Sunburst Orange-colored Pontiac G6 on Wednesday afternoon for a simple traffic violation. As he ran the male driver’s information, the officer noticed the suspect was driving on a suspended license and had multiple warrants out for his arrest.
As backup arrived on the scene, the suspect put his Pontiac two-door into drive and fled. Police gave chase, following him as he weaved through traffic in a busy part of town. The chase ended when the driver ran a red light and t-boned an innocent motorist’s Ford Ranger, flipping the truck and rendering the Pontiac immobile. With a destroyed getaway vehicle and nowhere to run, the suspect surrendered to police.
Both the driver of the Pontiac and the sole occupant of the Ford Ranger were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. Police did not say what the condition of the Ford driver was, although they confirmed the person was injured in the crash.
Police are not releasing the driver’s name at this time. This incident is still under investigation, although authorities say they will seek “multiple indictments,” over the chase and subsequent wreck.
This isn’t the first time in recent weeks that we’ve seen the driver of a late-2000s era GM passenger car cause a dangerous wreck. Late last month, the driver of a Chevy Malibu was caught on video instigating a multi-vehicle wreck after they made a last-minute lane change without checking their blind spot. Unlike this crash, no one was hurt in that incident.
Check out the video embedded below to see the entire police chase and crash from start to finish.
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NOW WE ARE GOING TO SHOW WRECKS AS READING MATERIAL?
Don’t read it then John. You don’t get to dictate what these people choose to write about on their own platform.
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The sad part is he most likely will get away with being released and just add another warrant. The guy in the Ford is probably screwed as his truck was old enough just for liability. I doubt the Pontiac was his let alone insurance.
Wonderful, another stupid driver.
Stupid POLICE driver….
Roger I see stupid drivers every day… People going over the speed limit, cutting out in front of you, no turn singles, people driving at night with no lights on, tailgating! The problem is there are not enough police in most rural areas… I see this every day in Warwick NY where I live people fly on the back roads because there are no cops people are going 50 miles per hour where the speed limit is 30-35… Then when they injure themselves or someone else in an accident it’s not their fault. It also doesn’t help that people these days are driving giant trucks and SUVs that they really can’t handle.
Looking at this from an ex-police officer point of view, this once again brings up the question of chase or don’t chase. People often take the attitude that if you don’t chase, then it will only get worse and offenders will only feel they got away with it. I’m not saying the police shouldn’t chase ever, but it’s high time this country takes on police reform from every angle. That includes the reckless chases that often end in tragedy for innocent drivers/bystanders, the offenders themselves as well as the police officers. Take this example: The video clearly shows the officer had the offender pulled over already. They had the info needed and probably the guys ID/DL or at least the name along with the make/model/color/year of vehicle. I don’t blame the officer for taking chase at the start, but once this offender made several very dangerous maneuvers (such as taking that really dangerous right at that busy intersection), that officer should have called it off and used the info they already had to take action later. But this is where police reform will become the most difficult because nobody “wants” to lose. Yet the people who really lose are the innocent ones involved in this accident.
AND YET ANOTHER innocent driver is injured because of a high speed police chase.
These idiot police cowboys should NEVER NEVER NEVER conduct high speed chases in areas where there are traffic, intersections, and the chances of a high speed collision are possible.
Shut up