High-speed chase in Hong Kong ends in arrest of pair at gunpoint after vehicle rams police car, mounts road divider and flips
- Driver was seen trying to break open his window and escape, ignoring repeated verbal warnings by officers to stop
- Pursuit began after police’s number plate detection technology indicated that the car licence had expired
A 4km car chase in Hong Kong ended in the arrest at gunpoint of a man and woman for car theft in the early hours of Wednesday.
The pursuit began on Lung Cheung Road, Wong Tai Sin soon after 12.30am when a police vehicle equipped with number plate recognition technology detected that the licence of a white car had expired.
According to officers, the male driver ignored orders to pull over and accelerated to escape. A female passenger was in the car at the time. Police then gave chase.
At the junction of Wang Chiu Road and Sheung Yuet Road in Kowloon Bay, the car careered out of control, rammed into the police vehicle and mounted a central divider before flipping onto its side.
The driver was still trapped in his vehicle and using a hard object to smash open the window when officers approached.
“As he ignored repeated verbal warnings to drop the object, a police constable drew his gun,” a spokesman for the force said.
Police arrested the man, 25, and his passenger, 20, after he surrendered.