Hong Kong policemen draw their guns to arrest driver of stolen car after high-speed chase
- The driver of a Honda Civic, which was recently reported stolen and was fixed with the number plate of another stolen car, was apprehended after 3km chase
- He has been arrested for offences including furious driving, driving without third-party insurance and car theft
Three policemen drew their guns to arrest the driver of a stolen car after a 10-minute high-speed pursuit in Hong Kong’s Kowloon West region in the early hours of Friday.
The car chase began when three traffic officers in a patrol car spotted a black Honda Civic travelling at high speed and disobeying a traffic sign at the junction of Hing Wah Street and Sham Mong Road in Lai Chi Kok at about 1.15am.
As officers signalled to the car’s driver to pull over, a police source said, the 42-year-old man ignored the order and accelerated to escape. Police then gave chase.
“During the pursuit, the car sped through at least 10 red lights and clocked up to 100km/h in a speed zone of 50km/h,” he said.
After a 3km chase, the car was blocked by vehicles stopped at a red light on Cheung Sha Wan Road near the junction with Tai Po Road in Sham Shui Po.
The driver tried to run the car through a space between a taxi and roadside railings to escape. “It rammed into the taxi and then slammed into the railings, and got trapped,” the source said.