I saw the van come ripping through the light - he turned wildly from 20th onto Madison and was really flying, completely side-swiped an old saab (or something like that). Luckily the cop was at the light heading north on madison already, seemed a little slow out of the gate and the van was SUPER reckless - flying into oncoming lane and everything. Wonder if it was a kid or something that doesn't know how to drive yet? Crazy - and really pure "luck" the police car was at the right place at the right time otherwise that van was gone... hooray for police presence!
The driver was a known heroin dealer who they said seemed to be 'dopey' as they arrested him. He had black tar heroin on his person as well as throwing knives.
Did you see where the side-swiped victim vehicle went? The police were trying to find the victim to help establish the legal trail which led to catching Dopey.
The original side-swipe victim eventually pulled over right by the Safeway (just south/uphill from it) on Madison. I assumed he would call 911 to tell them about what happened and that a car was already in pursuit... perhaps I was wrong? I'm not exactly sure, but the car was an old 80's ish peugot or saab?? The guy got out after he pulled over and seemed ok, was checking the damage. It was very surreal ...
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Crazy - and really pure "luck" the police car was at the right place at the right time otherwise that van was gone...
hooray for police presence!