Ex-cabbie triggers high-speed police chase from Kowloon to New Territories
Banned driver in stolen taxi reaches speeds of up to 140km/h and collides with three police cars during early-morning pursuit
An elderly cabbie who was banned from driving zipped from Kwun Tong to Kwai Chung in a stolen taxi early yesterday, with police in hot pursuit, before he was intercepted in Tai Kok Tsui.
The taxi jumped red lights and hit at least three police vehicles. No passengers were on board.
Towards the end of the chase, "the taxi was sandwiched by two police vehicles, but it still ran for a distance before stopping in front of a police van that had been positioned as a barricade at the junction of Tung Chau Street and Tai Kok Tsui Road," Ho said.
Police arrested a man, 61, for five offences - dangerous driving, driving while disqualified, using a false document, vehicle theft and driving without third-party insurance. No one was injured despite the reckless driving.
The arrest also ended the cabbie's three-month illegal business, in which he allegedly took phone orders from regular customers using the stolen cab, despite having had a six-month driving ban imposed in July.
The drama began at 12.40am when a traffic policeman on a motorcycle noticed that the cab was not keeping left on the elevated Kwun Tong Bypass.
