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Video: Heavily damaged pickup truck flees police after crash, leads officers on low-speed chase

Aerial video shows police following stolen pickup truck that initially struck as many as three vehicles in Baltimore

Video: Heavily damaged pickup truck flees police after crash, leads officers on low-speed chase

Aerial video shows police following stolen pickup truck that initially struck as many as three vehicles in Baltimore

WBA, TV 11 NEWS. THIS IS BREAKING NEWS WITH SKY TEAM 11 BALTIMORE ONLY NEWS HELICOPTER, AND WE’RE FOLLOWING THIS BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW ON THE BELTWAY. SKY TEAM 11 AND CAPTAIN ROY TAYLOR LIVE OVER A VERY SLOW MOVING SPEED POLICE CHASE THERE. ROY, WHAT’S GOING ON? WELL, THIS PICKUP TRUCK THAT YOU SEE IN THE FRONT ENDED UP CRASHING INTO SEVERAL VEHICLES AROUND SPARROWS POINT ROAD. AND AND THE BELTWAY AREA. UH, POLICE TRIED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE ENDED UP TAKING OFF, AND IT SEEMS TO BE THE INDIVIDUAL THAT’S OPERATING THE VEHICLE IS SOMEWHAT DERANGED. THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE IS TOTALLY FLAT. UH, THE WHOLE FRONT RIGHT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE IS DAMAGED. COUNTY POLICE HAVE PRETTY MUCH BLOCKED OFF THE OUTER LOOP OF THE BELTWAY FROM NORTH POINT BOULEVARD, WORKING AWAY TOWARDS, UM. UH, LET’S SEE HERE. I’LL GIVE YOU A CROSS STREET HERE. UH, THAT THEY’RE FOLLOWING RIGHT NOW UP TOWARDS BEACHWOOD ROAD. UH, NOW, LOOKS LIKE THE VEHICLE HAS COME TO A STOP, BUT EVERY TIME THE OFFICERS TRY TO TAKE AND WALK UP TO IT, UH, SHE ENDS UP TAKING OFF AGAIN. NOW, SHE’S BEEN GIVING, UH, EXPLICIT, UH, GESTURES TO THE POLICE. BUT, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE NOW, JUST TOTALLY, YOU KNOW, PICKING UP SPEED HERE. UH, LOOKS LIKE SHE’S GOING TO TRY AND RAM THIS ONE POLICE CAR THAT’S IN FRONT OF HER. YOU KNOW, THEY’RE JUST TRYING TO TAKE AND PROTECT THE AREA AND ANY OTHER OCCUPANTS THAT MIGHT BE INSIDE IT. BUT LIKE I SAID, THERE’S CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO THIS, UH, PICKUP TRUCK FROM THE INITIAL CRASH. NOW, THE COUNTY POLICE ARE IN A FOLLOW MODE RIGHT NOW. THEY’RE NOT TRYING TO AGGRESSIVELY, UH, DO ANY TYPE OF PIT MANEUVER OR BLOCK IT IN. THEY’RE JUST TRYING TO MONITOR HER. HER, UH, OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE AND TRY AND GET THIS TO A SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION. HOPEFULLY, THE VEHICLE WILL EVENTUALLY, YOU KNOW, BE SO DISABLED FROM ALL THE DAMAGE THAT IS DONE. YOU CAN SEE SMOKE COMING FROM THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL AS WE COME UP HERE ON BEACHWOOD ROAD, GETTING READY TO GO UNDERNEATH THE OVERPASS HERE. THERE’S ONE COUNTY UNIT THAT’S IN FRONT, FRONT, AND THERE’S ABOUT 4 OR 5 THAT ARE IN THE REAR. AND THEN YOU HAVE ABOUT FOUR MORE UNITS THAT ARE ON THE BELTWAY THAT HAVE STOPPED TRAFFIC TO KEEP THEM FROM COMING UP ON TOP OF THIS INDIVIDUAL. UH, AS FAR AS THE DERANGED PART OF IT, BUT YOU CAN SEE THERE’S QUITE A BIT OF SMOKE COMING FROM THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL OF THIS VEHICLE. EVERY TIME THE POLICE THINK THAT THEY HAVE HER STOPPED AND THAT SHE’S GOING TO GIVE UP, THAT SHE THEN TRIES TO TAKE OFF AGAIN. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE IS ACTUALLY CROOKED. YOU KNOW, FROM THE DAMAGE FROM THE INITIAL IMPACT ON THE, UH, CRASH THAT SHE WAS INVOLVED WITH AROUND SPARROWS POINT ROAD AS WE TAKE AND WORK OUR WAY AROUND THE FRONT HERE, YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH SEE THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO. THIS VEHICLE HERE. SO RIGHT NOW, OUT OF THE BELTWAY, UH, PAST, UM, UH, SHE NOW WE’RE COMING UP ON COVE ROAD. COVE ROAD WILL BE THE NEXT MAJOR INTERSECTION AS WE GET DOWN HERE. BUT COUNTY POLICE OR MORE OR LESS IN A STANDBY AND WAIT MODE, THEY’RE NOT BEING AGGRESSIVE. THEY’RE JUST TRYING TO KEEP TRAFFIC ON THE BELTWAY SHUT DOWN UNTIL THEY’RE ABLE TO BRING THIS TO A CONCLUSION. NOW, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT LOOKS LIKE THINGS ARE STARTING TO WIND DOWN HERE. JUST A TAD. AS SHE PULLS UP ON THE BACK OF THIS ONE POLICE CAR HERE AND THEY HAVE YET TO, UH, TRY TO, UH, MAKE ANY TYPE OF AN APPROACHMENT TO THE CAR. THEY JUST TRIED THERE TO TO STOP HER, AND SHE JUST WENT AROUND, UH, THE POLICE VEHICLE THAT WAS ON THE SLOW SHOULDER OF THE BELTWAY HERE. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY COUNTY POLICE WILL BE ABLE TO GET THIS UNDER CONTROL AND OPEN UP THE BELTWAY AGAIN. BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, OUTER LOOP OF THE BELTWAY SHUT DOWN NEAR SPARROWS POINT ROAD, NORTH POINT BOULEVARD AREA DOWN DUE TO THIS INCIDENT WHERE THIS PICKUP TRUCK THAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE SCREEN WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND, ENDED UP CRASHING INTO THREE OTHER VEHICLES AND THEN WHEN POLICE TRIED TO STOP HER AND, UH, TAKE HER. INTO CUSTODY OR GET QUESTIONING HER AS FAR AS THE ACCIDENT, SHE IN TURN TOOK OFF, WENT ALL AROUND THE SPARROWS POINT AREA ONE AROUND THE AMAZON WAREHOUSE THAT’S DOWN THERE AT SPARROWS POINT. THEN ENDED UP GETTING BACK ON THE OUTER LOOP OF THE BELTWAY. AND THIS IS WHERE WE’RE SITTING RIGHT NOW. IT WOULD BE OUTER LOOP JUST PRIOR TO COVE ROAD IS WHERE THINGS ARE PRETTY MUCH AT A, UH, MEXICAN STANDOFF. THEY DON’T WANT TO TRY AND DO ANY REAL AGGRESSIVE ACTIONS BECAUSE THEY DON’T KNOW IF SHE’S ARMED OR WHAT TYPE OF DEMEANOR THAT SHE HAS. RIGHT NOW. BUT LIKE I SAID, SHE’S BEEN GESTURING TO POLICE RIGHT AND LEFT AS FAR AS EXPLICIT COMMENTS AS TO HER TRYING TO LEAVE THE AREA, THE WHOOPS AGAIN IS THAT THE PICKUP TRUCK BECOMES SO DISABLED FROM THE DAMAGE THAT, UH, THE POLICE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE HER INTO CUSTODY AND GET HER SOME TYPE OF TREATMENT OR MEDICAL HELP OR, UH, MENTAL HELP. SO WE’RE STILL MONITORING THIS, UH, CRUSHER, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THERE AT THE STATION? WELL, YEAH. ROY, AND FORGIVE ME IF YOU. YOU SAID THIS EARLIER. WERE ANY OTHER CALLS? CARS INVOLVED? PEDESTRIANS AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS THING? THREE CARS WERE INVOLVED IN THE CRASH. SHE WAS INVOLVED. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, CRASHING INTO THREE OTHER CARS. AND THAT’S WHAT GOT THE POLICE ATTENTION AS THEY TRIED TO APPROACH HER. SHE THEN TOOK OFF. THEY WERE ABLE TO GET HER STOPPED, UH, AROUND THE SPARROWS POINT AREA, AND RIGHT WHEN THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD HER STOPPED, UH, SHE ENDED UP TAKING OFF AGAIN, DRIVING AROUND SPARROWS POINT, UH, WORKING THEIR WAY AROUND NORTH POINT BOULEVARD, THEN WAS ABLE TO GET BACK UP ON THE BELTWAY AND THIS IS THE OUTER LOOP. AND NOW YOU CAN SEE HOW SHE’S BECOME AGGRESSIVE TOWARDS LAW ENFORCEMENT. THEY’RE TRYING TO KEEP HER, LIKE I SAID, FROM GETTING INTO THE THE INNER LOOP OR TRYING TO DRIVE HEAD ON INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC BECAUSE HER DERANGEMENT RIGHT NOW IS SUCH THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OTHER CIVILIANS ARE NOT INJURED FROM HER DEMEANOR, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, SHE’S JUST PRETTY MUCH GOING BACK AND FORTH, BACK AND FORTH, YOU KNOW, AND AS POLICE TRY TO COACH HER INTO, UH, CALMING THE SITUATION DOWN, SHE IN TURN, IS JUST LITERALLY BECOMING EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE. AND UNLESS THE PICKUP TRUCK BECOMES SO DISABLED THAT IT CAN’T MOVE ANYMORE, THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO BE JUST AN EXTREMELY SLOW MOVING, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING PURSUIT, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. YEAH. AND IN FACT, I’VE JUST NOTICED THE POLICE HAVE ACTUALLY BLOCKED OFF THE RAMPS AT COVE ROAD TO KEEP ANYBODY FROM GETTING ON THE OUTER LOOP OF THE BELTWAY, BECAUSE THEY ARE CONCERNED THAT SHE MAY END UP DOING DAMAGE TO TO THEIR VEHICLES AS WELL. IS THERE POLICE ARE TRYING TO GO AHEAD. I’M SORRY. NO. IS THERE A REASON THEY’RE NOT GETTING IN FRONT OF HER TO KIND OF CUT HER OFF? I MEAN, YOU WOULD THINK, WELL, THERE’S NO REAL SAFE WAY FOR THEM TO DO THAT. I MEAN, IF THEY GOT IN FRONT OF HER THE WAY SHE’S BEEN EVERY TIME THEY’VE TRIED THAT, SHE’S LIKE, BEEN VERY AGGRESSIVE TRYING TO RAM HIM. I MEAN, LOOK RIGHT THERE. YEAH. UH, AS SHE TRIES TO RAM THAT ONE MARKED UNIT THAT’S ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. YEAH. YOU KNOW, SO OBVIOUSLY THERE’S SOME TYPE OF DERANGEMENT THAT IS HAPPENING. UH, IN REFERENCE TO THIS, WE DON’T KNOW, ALCOHOL RELATED. WE DON’T KNOW DRUG RELATED OR IF SHE’S JUST PRETTY MUCH HAS LOST IT OR HAS SOME TYPE OF AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, SHE JUST KIND OF GESTURED AGAIN TO THE POLICE. SO, SO, UM, I MEAN, I DON’T KNOW HOW LONG THIS IS GOING TO GO ON, BUT WE’RE PAST COVE ROAD NOW, UH, WORKING OUR WAY UP TOWARDS WHERE? NORTH POINT BOULEVARD AND THE THE BELTWAY MEET. AND I’M SURE POLICE ARE GOING TO BE BLOCKING OFF THE OUTER LOOP IN THAT AREA HERE. UH, VERY SHORTLY HERE. AND I WAS JUST GOING TO MAKE SURE. GO AHEAD. I WAS JUST GOING TO JUMP. JUMP IN THERE. ROY, JUST JUST SO PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY JUST JOINING US SO WE CAN GIVE PEOPLE SOME PERSPECTIVE, WHERE EXACTLY WOULD YOU EXPECT THE THE BELTWAY TO BE SHUT DOWN AT THIS POINT? IF YOU’RE GETTING IN YOUR CAR AND HEADING TO GO SOMEWHERE AND THEN, OF COURSE, WHAT’S GOING ON IN FRONT OF ALL OF THIS RIGHT NOW? WELL, IF YOU WERE COMING FROM NORTH POINT BOULEVARD TO GET ON THE BELTWAY OUTER LOOP AND THE DUNDALK ESSEX AREA, THAT THAT IS WHERE YOU’RE PROBABLY GOING TO SEE THE POLICE TRYING TO SHUT THAT DOWN AND ALSO SHUT THE RAMP DOWN, GOING OVER TO EASTERN AVENUE AND, UH, BECAUSE THEY WANT TO KEEP HER CONTAINED TO THIS PORTION OF THE BELTWAY, THEY DON’T WANT HER GETTING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND POSSIBLY RUNNING INTO INNOCENT PEDESTRIANS. YOU KNOW, SHE OBVIOUSLY DOES NOT CARE AS TO FAR AS WHAT’S GOING DOWN. SHE’S CRASHED. THEN, LIKE I SAID, THREE OTHER OTHER VEHICLES THAT WERE NOT INVOLVED WITH THE POLICE, AND THAT’S WHAT I SAID, BROUGHT THE POLICE TO THEIR ATTENTION. AND WHEN THEY TRIED TO STOP HER, THAT’S WHEN SHE STARTED DOING, YOU KNOW, AS YOU SEE HERE RIGHT NOW, WHAT WAS GOING ON. RIGHT? SO WE KNOW YOU HAVE A YOU HAVE A BACKGROUND IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND I GUESS THERE’S NO WAY TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEIR STRATEGY IS AT THIS MOMENT. I MEAN, WE GOT TO BELIEVE THIS IS GOING THIS IS GOING TO THERE’S NO PLACE FOR HER TO GO. THIS IS GOING TO END AT SOME POINT. BUT THE STRATEGY AT THIS POINT. AS ASHLEY IS ASKING, YOU KNOW, GET IN FRONT OF THE DRIVER. BUT I MEAN, THEY WANT TO GET STOP STICKS DOWN AT SOME POINT, RIGHT? I MEAN, THEY’RE TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF HER VEHICLE’S ALREADY BEEN DISABLED TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU KNOW THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL IS GONE, YOU KNOW, AND WE SAW A LOT OF SMOKE COMING UP THERE FROM THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL. AND, UH, THEY, YOU KNOW, THE STATE POLICE HAVE THE, UH, AUTHORITY TO TAKE AND DO A ROVING ROADBLOCK, SO TO SPEAK, IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. BUT THE COUNTY POLICE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO OPERATE UNDER A DIFFERENT SET OF GUIDELINES. SO THAT’S WHY YOU SEE, UH, THE WAY THE COUNTY IS HANDLING THIS RIGHT NOW, AND IT LOOKS LIKE SHE’S TRYING TO GET OFF ONTO I GUESS THAT’S EASTERN AVENUE OR IS THAT, UH, YEAH. NORTH POINT, SHE’S TRYING TO GET OFF ON NORTH POINT BOULEVARD RIGHT NOW. SO THAT’S WHERE THIS IS GOING TO BE OPENING UP THE BELTWAY. AND IT’S GOING TO BE SHE’S GETTING OFF ON NORTH POINT BOULEVARD AS WE SPEAK RIGHT NOW. SO PICKING UP SPEED, THE BELTWAY WILL BE OPENING UP HERE VERY QUICKLY. WELL THAT’S GOOD NEWS. AS WE AS WE HEAD INTO RUSH HOUR. YEAH, BUT THE ISSUE HERE NOW IS, UH, THERE’S A LOT OF CIVILIAN TRAFFIC THAT’S COMING OFF OF NORTH POINT BOULEVARD TO, UH, EITHER GET ON THE BELTWAY OR TO TO, YOU KNOW, UH, MERGE OVER HERE. AND, YOU KNOW, I’M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT SHE’S GOING TO DO. AS YOU CAN SEE, POLICE ARE TRYING TO PROTECT INNOCENT CIVILIANS THAT ARE COMING BY. IN FACT, THERE’S A TRACTOR TRAILER THAT’S A TANKER THAT’S WORKING ITS WAY UP HERE. AND HE HAS NO CLUE WHAT’S GOING ON. HE HAS JUST BEEN STOPPED BY POLICE TO MAKE SURE THAT HE DOESN’T GET INVOLVED. BUT IT APPEARS THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL IS ACTUALLY COMMITTED NOW TO GET OFF THE BELTWAY ONTO NORTH POINT BOULEVARD. UH, AND THE WESTBOUND DIRECTION. SO WE’RE STILL MONITORING IT. AND LIKE I SAID, IT’S A INTERESTING SITUATION AT BEST. BUT, UH, WE JUST DON’T KNOW HOW THIS IS GOING TO YOU KNOW, TERMINATE. SO AGAIN, VIEWERS BEWARE. WE’RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN TO MONITOR. NOT IN CASE SOMETHING REALLY STRANGE HAPPENS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WOULD CAUSE YOU TO BE CONCERNED. BUT THIS IS LIVE TELEVISION COMING TO YOU LIVE FROM SKY TEAM 11 RIGHT NOW. BO IS IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING THE CAMERA HERE TO GIVE YOU THESE SHOTS. AND WE JUST DON’T HAVE HAVE AN IDEA HOW THIS IS GOING TO TERMINATE. SHE’S DRIVING LIKE ABOUT FIVE MILE AN HOUR, TEN MILE AN HOUR ON NORTH POINT BOULEVARD RIGHT NOW. SO, UH, CAPTAIN ROY, POLICE HAVE BLOCKED GOOD. YOU ALWAYS SEE IN, LIKE, TV SHOWS, MOVIES. THEY DO. THE POLICE DO THIS THING CALLED A PIT MANEUVER. YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY GET ON THE BACK END OF THEIR THEIR TRUCK BED OR. AND TRY TO SPIN THEM AROUND. IS THAT SOMETHING LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN DO HERE? WELL, IF YOU’RE AUTHORIZED TO DO SO, LIKE THE RAT SQUAD, THE REGIONAL AUTO THEFT TASK FORCE, THEY’RE AUTHORIZED STATE POLICE ARE AUTHORIZED. COUNTY POLICE ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO DO A PIT. THEY HAVE SET UP STOP STICKS. FROM WHAT THEY’RE TELLING ME RIGHT NOW. AND, UM, THEY’RE TRYING TO TAKE AND KEEP, UM, VEHICLES FROM COMING ON TO, UH, NORTH POINT BOULEVARD AND, UH, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS A CRAZY SITUATION AT BEST HERE WHERE POLICE ARE TRYING TO, UH, KEEP THE CIVILIANS SAFE. THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT’S GOING ON. THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON WITH THIS INDIVIDUAL. AND WE’RE COMING UP TO, UH, EAST POINT SHOPPING CENTER IS THE AREA THAT WE’RE COMING UP TO RIGHT NOW. SO, UH, POLICE HAVE BLOCKED OFF TRAFFIC COMING OFF OF EAST POINT SHOPPING CENTER TO GET ON TO NORTH POINT BOULEVARD. OH, CAPTAIN ROY, I KNOW THAT WE WE ARE STAYING WITH THIS, AT LEAST FOR FOR NOW JUST TO SEE HOW THIS UNFOLDS. BUT MAYBE WE COULD JUST BACK UP, TELL US HOW LONG THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON. AT WHAT? AT WHAT TIME DID THE INITIAL CRASH HAPPEN? HOLD ON. THEY JUST HIT HIT HER WITH STOP STICKS. OH, GOOD. OKAY. YOU KNOW, THAT’S WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE. UH, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT, UH, 20 MINUTES NOW. I GUESS, UH, IN FACT, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY’VE PUNCTURED ANOTHER CAR. YOU CAN SEE SMOKE COMING FROM THE PICKUP TRUCK. YOU KNOW, SO THEY HAD A SUCCESSFUL DEPLOYMENT OF STOP STICKS, BUT NOW THE PROBLEM IS THERE’S A SCHOOL BUS THAT HAS STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF NORTH POINT BOULEVARD UP HERE, AND I’M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THAT’S ALL ABOUT. UH, BUT THERE’S A SCHOOL BUS THAT HAS STOPPED RIGHT OVER TOP OF EASTERN AVENUE ON NORTH POINT BOULEVARD. AND I DON’T KNOW IF THE BUS DRIVER OF THE SCHOOL BUS IS GOING TO DO SOMETHING AS FAR AS TRY AND BLOCK IT, BUT IF YOU NOTICE, YEAH. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY GOING AROUND THE SCHOOL BUS, IT’S KIND OF CONSIDERING THE CONDITION THAT THAT RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER TIRE, THE THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE, THEY’RE BOTH FLAT RIGHT NOW. SO THEY HAVE DEPLOYED STOP STICKS TO, UH, TRY AND GO STRAIGHT DOWN. IT LOOKS LIKE THE SCHOOL BUS MIGHT BE BROKEN DOWN. UH, AND THAT’S WHY THAT SCHOOL BUS WAS THERE. BUT, UH, WE’VE PASSED THE SCHOOL BUS. WE’VE PASSED EAST POINT SHOPPING CENTER. WE’RE WORKING OUR WAY ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE. UH, UM, TOWARDS, I GUESS IT WOULD BE, UH, THAT WOULD BE PAST EASTERN AVENUE. IT’S GOING TO BE DOWN HERE BY, UH, ROLLING MILL ROAD, ROLLING MILL OF ROLLING MILL ROAD IS WHERE WE’RE GETTING READY TO COME UP TO RIGHT NOW. MAYBE THIS IS WHERE THEY REALIZED THIS TRUCK IS GOING AS FAST AS IT’S GOING RIGHT NOW. IT’S LIKE TILT, CONSIDERING THE CONDITION THAT IT’S IN. I MEAN, THAT TIRE IS JUST NONEXISTENT AT THIS POINT ON THE WHEEL. YEAH, THIS HAS BEEN CRAZY. I MEAN, UH, AND, UH, RIGHT NOW SHE’S COMING UP TO KALYN. CAIN IS WHERE WE’RE COMING UP HERE, TOO. SHORTLY. AND AND, UH, THEY’RE GOING TO TRY AND NOTIFY BALTIMORE CITY TO GET INVOLVED WITH THIS, BUT WE’RE GOING TO MONITOR THE VEHICLE HERE BECAUSE AS SHE HAS JUST LITERALLY, UM. YEAH. RIGHT NOW, THE, UH, COUNTY POLICE HAVE PRETTY MUCH PULLED OFF AS FAR AS TRYING TO FOLLOW THIS VEHICLE. SO WE’RE GOING TO STAY WITH IT IN CASE SHE DECIDES TO BAIL SOMEWHERE. BUT, UH, THIS IS STILL NORTH POINT BOULEVARD. AND AS WE’RE GETTING READY TO GO UNDER,. I 95. SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE JUST DON’T KNOW EXACTLY. YOU KNOW, UH, WHERE IN THE CITY THAT THIS IS GOING TO TIE UP. BUT THEY’RE NOTIFYING BALTIMORE CITY RIGHT NOW. UH, COUNTY POLICE HAVE PRETTY MUCH PULLED OFF OF IT. THEY’RE NOT INVOLVED IN IT AT ALL RIGHT NOW. CITY POLICE HELICOPTER FOXTROT NORGE, THE COUNTY POLICE HELICOPTER UP TO ASSIST WITH WITH THE, UH, UH, SITUATION HERE. NORTH POINT BOULEVARD COMING UP ON QUAD AVENUE IS WHERE WE’RE AT. AND I MAY HAVE MISSED I MAY HAVE MISSED IT, BUT DIDN’T YOU SAY AT SOME POINT THAT THEY IT DID LOOK LIKE THEY GOT SOME STICKS DOWN? THEY DID GET COP STICKS DOWN. THEY THAT PUNCTURED THE RIGHT REAR TIRE. THE STOP STICKS PUNCTURED THE RIGHT REAR. AND THAT THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE HAS BEEN DESTROYED. AND THE VEHICLE IS WESTBOUND NORTH POINT COMING UP ON QUAD AVENUE. BUT THERE ARE NO LONGER ANY POLICE CARS BEHIND THIS CAR. UH, NONE WHATSOEVER. SHE’S THE COUNTY POLICE. SINCE IT’S GOING INTO THE CITY, HAVE PRETTY MUCH, YOU KNOW. CALLED EVERYTHING OFF. THEY’VE OPENED UP THE ROADWAYS IN THE COUNTY. THE BELTWAY IS BACK OPEN AGAIN. UH, BUT BUT THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A UNIQUE SITUATION ON THIS DERANGED INDIVIDUAL. YEAH. AND THE ONLY ONE. GOOD. WELL, CITY POLICE CRUISERS COME UP ON, UH, ON THIS TRUCK NOW AND KIND OF TAKE OVER. WILL THEY JUST CONTINUE TO USE FOXTROT OR WHAT? THEY ARE BEING NOTIFIED. THE HELICOPTERS AREN’T UP RIGHT NOW. CITY POLICE HELICOPTERS AREN’T UP. COUNTY POLICE HELICOPTERS ARE ON UP. THE ONLY AIR SUPPORT THAT THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW IS US. NOW. CITY POLICE UNIT JUST NOTICED THE CAR, UH, AS HE WAS DRIVING ON, UH, NORTH POINT BOULEVARD AND AND, UH, I DON’T KNOW IF HE’S GOING TO TURN AROUND HERE OR NOT, BUT WE’RE STILL KIND OF KEEP AN EYE ON HER AND SEE WHERE SHE GOES AND WHAT SHE DOES. BUT BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE’S QUITE A BIT OF DAMAGE DONE TO THIS PICKUP TRUCK. I MEAN, A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DAMAGE THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO IT FROM THE INITIAL CRASH AND THEN FROM THE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, THE STOP STICKS AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THEY’RE VICTIMS ON THE ORIGINAL CRASH THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED WITH. THEY HAVE REQUESTED MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS. SO I JUST DON’T KNOW HOW SERIOUS THAT CRASH WAS. BUT AS WE TALK RIGHT NOW, WE’RE COMING UP. UH, IT WOULD BE, UH, NORTH POINT BOULEVARD COMING UP TOWARDS, UH, PULASKI HIGHWAY. WE’LL BE GOING OVER TOP OF PULASKI HIGHWAY. OH, NO. SHE MADE A RIGHT TURN HEADING TOWARDS PULASKI HIGHWAY. YEP. SHE’S ACTUALLY. GOING OVER TOP OF THE HARBOR TUNNEL THRUWAY RIGHT NOW AND HEADED UP TOWARDS PULASKI HIGHWAY. UM, AND GETTING READY TO PULL INTO A PARKING LOT. INTERESTING. UH, WHICH IS, UH, HOLD ON A SECOND. SHE’S GONNA GET OUT. UH, I WONDER WHAT SHE THINKS OR. YEAH, RIGHT THERE AT THE GOLD CLUB AT PULASKI HIGHWAY. AND I’M TRYING TO GET THE CROSS STREET ON THAT. UH UH, WHICH SHE’S SITTING UP. SHE’S GETTING OUT OF THE VEHICLE, WALKING OUT OF THE VEHICLE, WALKING IN TOWARDS PULASKI HIGHWAY RIGHT NOW. SO WE’RE GOING TO KIND OF DROP DOWN AND KEEP AN EYE ON HER AND SEE WHERE SHE GOES AND WHAT SHE DOES. IT LOOKS LIKE SHE’S TRYING TO GET PICKED UP FOR SOMEBODY ELSE TO TAKE HER. UM, SO THIS IS THE INDIVIDUAL RIGHT NOW THAT WE’RE OVER TOP OF AT. AND SHE’S, UH, BAILING OUT OF THE PICKUP TRUCK, PRETTY MUCH WALKING ON TO PULASKI HIGHWAY, COMING UP TO A TIRE STORE RIGHT NOW, AND GETTING READY TO TRY. AND I BET YOU SHE’S GOING TO TRY AND STEAL ANOTHER CAR HERE OR SOMETHING, BUT SHE’S JUST WORKING HER WAY ON FOOT. OH, YEAH? YEAH, SHE JUST TRIPPED ON HER OWN THERE. BUT, UH, SHE WOULD BE RIGHT AT THE, UH, NEW AND USED TIRES. THAT’S, UH, RIGHT NEAR THE GOLD CLUB. UH, PULASKI HIGHWAY. AND SHE’S GOT TO BE INTOXICATED OR SOMETHING. SHE’S WALKING OUT HERE IN FRONT OF VEHICLES AND CARS HERE ON PULASKI HIGHWAY. UH, SHE’S TRYING TO TAKE. WE CAN’T TELL FROM THIS VANTAGE POINT WHETHER CLOSEST POLICE OFFICERS TO THIS LOCATION. THERE AREN’T ANY AROUND RIGHT NOW. THEY HAVEN’T. I HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO PICK UP ON THE CITY SIDE OF IT RIGHT NOW. UH, BUT SHE’S WORKING HER WAY OVER TO A 7-ELEVEN, WHICH IS ACROSS FROM THE GOLD CLUB HERE. AND SHE’S JUST WALKING. I MEAN, SHE DOESN’T SEEM TO BE IN A HURRY AT ALL. I MEAN, SHE MUST SEE YOU UP THERE. ROY. OH, SHE SEES US. UH, THERE’S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. YEAH, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE SHE’S GETTING READY TO GO INTO THE 7-ELEVEN HERE. AND LET ME GET AROUND HERE. THE OTHER SIDE AND. NOPE, SHE DID NOT GO INTO THE 7-ELEVEN. SHE’S WALKING THROUGH THE PARKING LOT OVER HERE TOWARDS, UH, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, EVANS WAY OR HEWITT WAY. UM, AS IS WHERE WE’RE AT. FOWLER WAY, WHICH IS IN THE CITY, AND I DON’T CAN’T TELL EXACTLY WHAT SHE’S DOING. CAPTAIN ROY JUST EXPLAINED, BECAUSE I DON’T THINK I’M THE ONLY ONE WHO WOULD HAVE THIS QUESTION. PEOPLE WATCHING ARE GOING TO BE WONDERING, WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG FOR POLICE OFFICERS TO GET CLOSE TO WHERE SHE IS? JUST KIND OF EXPLAIN THAT TO US. I HAVE NO CLUE. I DON’T HAVE THE MEANS OF COMMUNICATING WITH THE, UH, CITY POLICE OR THE COUNTY POLICE. I MEAN, WHEN THEIR HELICOPTERS ARE UP, THEN I CAN TALK TO THEM DIRECT ONE ON ONE, BUT WE DON’T HAVE ANY MEANS OF COMMUNICATING HERE. FROM THE HELICOPTER TO ANYBODY. UNLESS I WERE TO CALL 911. AND THAT’S ALMOST LIKE A NIGHTMARE, BECAUSE CELL PHONES SOMETIMES THEY WORK. OH, I DO SEE ONE CITY POLICE OFFICER HERE NOW. OKAY. ON PULASKI HIGHWAY. SHE FELL DOWN AGAIN, AND SHE’S. YEAH, SHE’S OVER HERE AT AN ENCAMPMENT, UH, HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT. RIGHT NOW. AND. OH, IS SHE HERE? IT LOOKS LIKE SHE’S TRYING TO HIDE. SHE’S TRYING TO HIDE IN A TENT IN A TARP, A GREEN TARP OR TENT AT A HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT. THAT’S RIGHT OVER HERE. AND I’VE GOT ONE GUY WALKING UP TO HER RIGHT NOW. YEP. I’VE GOT TWO WALKING UP TO HER RIGHT NOW. THOSE ARE. THOSE ARE POLICE OFFICERS, CORRECT? YEAH, THEY LOOK LIKE THEY’RE POLICE. YEAH. THEY’VE GOT HER. I THINK THOSE ARE UNMARKED UNITS THAT HAVE, UH, WORKED THEIR WAY HERE. YEAH. SO THAT’S CITY POLICE THAT I SEE HERE NOW. OKAY. AND THE CITY POLICE OFFICERS ACTUALLY HAVE THIS INDIVIDUAL IN CUSTODY, SO EVERYTHING IS PRETTY MUCH AT A CONCLUSION HERE FOR THIS. WE’RE THIRD TYPE OF PURSUIT. CHASE, CRASH. HOWEVER, YOU WANT TO TAKE AND CALL IT, UH, AT, UH. OH. LET’S SEE HERE. UH, YEAH. IT’S FOWLER I THINK IT’S FOWLER WAY. RIGHT NEAR PULASKI HIGHWAY. BUT. YEAH, THEY, THEY DO ACTUALLY HAVE HER IN CUSTODY. TWO CITY OFFICERS HAVE HER, AND, UH, THEY’RE TAKING HER, UH, INTO CUSTODY. RIGHT NOW. SO I’M GATHERING. SHE’S GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF MEDICAL TREATMENT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. AS YOU CAN SEE, JUST THE WAY HER DEMEANOR WAS WALKING, UH, ACROSS PULASKI HIGHWAY TO GET TO THIS HOMELESS, UH, ENCOUNTER. AND, AND I SEE IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, SOME INDIVIDUALS HAVE COME UP TO WHERE THE PICKUP TRUCK WHERE THEY BAILED OUT OUT OF. AND THEY’RE NOTIFYING LAW ENFORCEMENT NOW AS TO THE WHEREABOUTS OF THAT PICKUP TRUCK OVER HERE BY THE GOLD CLUB. SO IT HAS COME TO A CONCLUSION HERE FROM SKY TEAM 11. UM, YOU KNOW, WE’RE GOING TO SEND IT BACK TO YOU AT THE
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Video: Heavily damaged pickup truck flees police after crash, leads officers on low-speed chase

Aerial video shows police following stolen pickup truck that initially struck as many as three vehicles in Baltimore

A driver of a stolen pickup truck fled a crash involving three vehicles in Baltimore, led officers on a slow-speed pursuit and then ran off on foot, sister station WBAL reported Thursday afternoon.WBAL's SkyTeam 11 captured video showing several Baltimore County police vehicles following a pickup truck that had heavy damage to the front-right corner. WBAL reported that a pursuit began shortly after 4 p.m. after a hit-and-run crash.The incident continued onto a highway, which police shut down as the chase headed toward Baltimore City. Police deployed stop sticks in an effort to disable the vehicle.WBAL reported the driver was traveling at very slow speeds, and at times, sped up.Video shows the moment county police stopped following the truck upon its entrance into Baltimore City, where the driver pulled into a parking lot, got out and started walking. SkyTeam 11 footage shows the driver walking through neighborhoods in northeast Baltimore before she ended up at a tented encampment, where police officers took her into custody around 4:39 p.m.

A driver of a stolen pickup truck fled a crash involving three vehicles in Baltimore, led officers on a slow-speed pursuit and then ran off on foot, sister station WBAL reported Thursday afternoon.

WBAL's SkyTeam 11 captured video showing several Baltimore County police vehicles following a pickup truck that had heavy damage to the front-right corner. WBAL reported that a pursuit began shortly after 4 p.m. after a hit-and-run crash.

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The incident continued onto a highway, which police shut down as the chase headed toward Baltimore City. Police deployed stop sticks in an effort to disable the vehicle.

WBAL reported the driver was traveling at very slow speeds, and at times, sped up.

Video shows the moment county police stopped following the truck upon its entrance into Baltimore City, where the driver pulled into a parking lot, got out and started walking.

SkyTeam 11 footage shows the driver walking through neighborhoods in northeast Baltimore before she ended up at a tented encampment, where police officers took her into custody around 4:39 p.m.