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On all local television channels. It's bizarre.
No tires at all on the front. A few on trailer are flat. People stationed all along highway and overpasses, watching as it goes by.
No tires at all on the front. A few on trailer are flat. People stationed all along highway and overpasses, watching as it goes by.
Slow-speed chase spans 3 counties
07:22 PM CDT on Sunday, July 23, 2006
By MARISSA ALANIS and PAUL MEYER / The Dallas Morning News
A rogue 18-wheeler with an armed passenger is leading police on a multihour chase through Collin, Dallas and Tarrant counties.
The chase began about 4 p.m. at a truck stop in the Collin County town of Fairview, where it was reported that a woman had been taken hostage.
The red big rig then went through Plano, Carrollton, and into central Dallas County and Oak Cliff, where the woman was seen at the wheel. More than 15 police vehicles were chasing the tractor-trailer, whose front tires had been destroyed.
Carrollton police Sgt. Patrick Murphy said the man in the truck may have been the same one who stole a car from the parking lot of a Lowe's store in the 1200 block of Trinity Mills Boulevard in Carrollton shortly before 3 p.m.
"Basically, it appears that this is the same guy that carjacked a vehicle here in Carrollton that started all this," Sgt. Murphy said.
Sgt. Murphy said the man drove through Carrollton and headed into Denton County where he wrecked the stolen car. Sgt. Murphy said when a passerby stopped to help him, he carjacked that car. From there, he said, the car headed to Collin County.
The kidnapping happened at Pride Fuel Stop at 620 N. Central Expressway in Fairview, according to the business owner, who refused to be identified.
The 18-wheeler wove its way across the Trinity River near downtown Dallas before turning around slowly and heading back into Oak Cliff. Interstate 20 West, 2 miles east of Interstate 35, was closed.
The truck was in Fort Worth about 7 p.m, westbound on Interstate 20.
“They’re just letting it run its course,” said Dallas police Lt. Rick Watson, who said his department’s tactical unit had been called to assist.
At one point in Dallas, the woman could be seen waving to motorists traveling in the opposite direction. Police were advising people to stay away from the chase, but children could be seen following the police procession, and onlookers collected on overpasses.
A man wielding what appeared to be a handgun could be seen in the cab of the truck, crouched between two seats. At one point he could be seen waving and leaning out of the passenger side.
WFAA-TV contributed to this report.
07:22 PM CDT on Sunday, July 23, 2006
By MARISSA ALANIS and PAUL MEYER / The Dallas Morning News
A rogue 18-wheeler with an armed passenger is leading police on a multihour chase through Collin, Dallas and Tarrant counties.
The chase began about 4 p.m. at a truck stop in the Collin County town of Fairview, where it was reported that a woman had been taken hostage.
The red big rig then went through Plano, Carrollton, and into central Dallas County and Oak Cliff, where the woman was seen at the wheel. More than 15 police vehicles were chasing the tractor-trailer, whose front tires had been destroyed.
Carrollton police Sgt. Patrick Murphy said the man in the truck may have been the same one who stole a car from the parking lot of a Lowe's store in the 1200 block of Trinity Mills Boulevard in Carrollton shortly before 3 p.m.
"Basically, it appears that this is the same guy that carjacked a vehicle here in Carrollton that started all this," Sgt. Murphy said.
Sgt. Murphy said the man drove through Carrollton and headed into Denton County where he wrecked the stolen car. Sgt. Murphy said when a passerby stopped to help him, he carjacked that car. From there, he said, the car headed to Collin County.
The kidnapping happened at Pride Fuel Stop at 620 N. Central Expressway in Fairview, according to the business owner, who refused to be identified.
The 18-wheeler wove its way across the Trinity River near downtown Dallas before turning around slowly and heading back into Oak Cliff. Interstate 20 West, 2 miles east of Interstate 35, was closed.
The truck was in Fort Worth about 7 p.m, westbound on Interstate 20.
“They’re just letting it run its course,” said Dallas police Lt. Rick Watson, who said his department’s tactical unit had been called to assist.
At one point in Dallas, the woman could be seen waving to motorists traveling in the opposite direction. Police were advising people to stay away from the chase, but children could be seen following the police procession, and onlookers collected on overpasses.
A man wielding what appeared to be a handgun could be seen in the cab of the truck, crouched between two seats. At one point he could be seen waving and leaning out of the passenger side.
WFAA-TV contributed to this report.
Dumbasses.
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