Police Chase on Southwest Freeway

By Charlie Brett
17:23, June 23rd 2008
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Monday morning, Houston police had a hard time with a driver who refused to stop at an officer’s signal and caused a 45-minute police chase, which ended with the driver smashing into a concrete barrier.

According to the Houston Chronicle, the chase started around 7:30 a.m. made its way through town, heading south on Texas 288, then west on South Loop 610 and finally turned on the Southwest Freeway, U.S. 59.

The gray two-seater Nissan made its way among other vehicles and, for about 45 minutes, it looked like a movie scene, as the driver drove into oncoming traffic in order to avoid police. He even passed by a police blockage, near the Edloe exit.  He was very determined to have it his way, but he ran out of luck.

The chase ended around 8 a.m. when the car crashed into the concrete barricade on the right shoulder of the freeway in the Sharpstown area and the driver surrendered. Police arrested him. Even tough the finale wasn’t smooth, he didn’t get hurt.

It is not known why the driver ran away from the police in the first place. The officer who tried to pull him over said that the reason he tried to do that was because he saw the driver was not wearing a seat belt.



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