High Speed chase in Toronto!
02-Jun-2004 | 09:34 PM
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High Speed chase in Toronto!
video here
mms://livestream.chumtv.com/vodcp24/2004/jun4/jun0204-great220.asf
SOURCE: CP24.com
It looked like a Hollywood stunt. But it wasn’t. A high speed takedown on the 401 near Nielson early Wednesday, turned the highway into a real life drama. And it ended as suspensefully as it began.
O.P.P. Whitby officers were at the wheel, when they were forced to ram a fleeing van into the concrete divider just after 5am. That stopped the vehicle in a shower of sparks, as it skidded to a reluctant halt.
But the chase, which had reached speeds of over 160 kilometres an hour, didn’t end there – two suspects immediately jumped out and made a mad dash for freedom, running across the road to try and escape.
But they didn’t get far. Cops were in hot pursuit, jumping one man right away, and running down another in the median of the highway.
Police say the chase was triggered by a complaint about an erratic driver at 4:35am on the 401 westbound in the area of Holt Road in Clarington Township, but eventually crossed the border into Toronto.
Several other local forces joined the chase, but it was the Whitby cops who finished what they started.
Miraculously, no one was injured in the wild chase. And police are grateful it ended when it did. Just a few kilometres away, at Yonge St., other crews were busy with a mess of their own, trying to clean up from a truck rollover that scattered frozen food all over the highway. The collison between the two could have been disastrous.
A 20-year-old man and his 17-year-old male passenger, both from Toronto, are facing charges of possession of stolen property under $5,000 and possession of burglary tools. The driver faces additional charges of dangerous driving and flight from police. Both were wanted for an earlier home invasion.
mms://livestream.chumtv.com/vodcp24/2004/jun4/jun0204-great220.asf
SOURCE: CP24.com
It looked like a Hollywood stunt. But it wasn’t. A high speed takedown on the 401 near Nielson early Wednesday, turned the highway into a real life drama. And it ended as suspensefully as it began.
O.P.P. Whitby officers were at the wheel, when they were forced to ram a fleeing van into the concrete divider just after 5am. That stopped the vehicle in a shower of sparks, as it skidded to a reluctant halt.
But the chase, which had reached speeds of over 160 kilometres an hour, didn’t end there – two suspects immediately jumped out and made a mad dash for freedom, running across the road to try and escape.
But they didn’t get far. Cops were in hot pursuit, jumping one man right away, and running down another in the median of the highway.
Police say the chase was triggered by a complaint about an erratic driver at 4:35am on the 401 westbound in the area of Holt Road in Clarington Township, but eventually crossed the border into Toronto.
Several other local forces joined the chase, but it was the Whitby cops who finished what they started.
Miraculously, no one was injured in the wild chase. And police are grateful it ended when it did. Just a few kilometres away, at Yonge St., other crews were busy with a mess of their own, trying to clean up from a truck rollover that scattered frozen food all over the highway. The collison between the two could have been disastrous.
A 20-year-old man and his 17-year-old male passenger, both from Toronto, are facing charges of possession of stolen property under $5,000 and possession of burglary tools. The driver faces additional charges of dangerous driving and flight from police. Both were wanted for an earlier home invasion.
03-Jun-2004 | 01:12 AM
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Caught it on CityPulse@Noon today! They were hyping it up so much saying numerous times how they had exclusive footage of a high speed chase!
It's kinda cool to know that some of that stuff happens here in TO and the cops took the bad guys down!!
It's kinda cool to know that some of that stuff happens here in TO and the cops took the bad guys down!!
03-Jun-2004 | 10:58 AM
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Originally posted by SPOONfed
That was straight out of world's scariest police chases!!
When did they start using Intrepids as cruisers?
That was straight out of world's scariest police chases!!
When did they start using Intrepids as cruisers?
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