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A New Rochelle police officer was injured due to a vehicle collision during a high speed chase through downtown New Rochelle earlier this morning after a car fled a sobriety checkpoint set up near I-95.
New Rochelle Police had set up a check point set-up on Garden Street by North Avenue. Around 2 AM Saturday morning, a black car refused to stop and then took off up North Avenue Northbound towards Iona College.
Officers from the the New Rochelle Police Department went after the car. It refused to stop. The car continued on North Avenue just past Eastchester Road and suddenly made a u-turn and headed south bound on North Avenue at a high rate of speed.
The car ran through red lights on North Avenue, continuing South on North Avenue at speeds over 70 MPH. New Rochelle police had several of there cars in pursuit of the car which finally ended on the corner of North Avenue and Pelham Road.
A New Police Officer was hurt after his car was involved in a accident durning the chase.The injuries to the officer are not known at this time.
armchair quarterbacks
If you notice the third car was a supervisor vehicle. Im bet this supervisor was well aware of the dangers and followed their procedures correctly. So as for you arm chair quarterbacks picking apart the police, go to work tomorrow, push your papers and kiss your bosses asses, as you don’t have the balls to do that job. Let alone place yourself in harms way as the police do.
Nice video James.
trackers for vans
It is a nice video in this video if you notice the third car was a supervisor vehicle. This supervisor was well aware of the dangers and followed their procedures correctly. A guy walking on right hand side walk and this was a small put of the chase to say that confirms there was no traffic or pedestrians is wrong.
Running a van fleet without equipping it with a van tracking leaves fuel and labour bills open to abuse. Van tracking is becoming extremely commonplace with commercial fleets due the massive benefits in productivity and efficiency.
God forbid if they miss
God forbid if they miss giving this guy a ticket, who cares who gets hurt or killed. That’s how they think.
How many is enough?
I question why 7 police vehicles had to participate in this chase. Slow night?
should of been called off
At some point what was the point to keep up with this guy! now you have an injured officer and god only know what could have happen at those speeds on north ave.
That chase should of been called off, maybe then we would not have an injured officer and a damage police car. This outcome had a potential to go real bad as the headlines today might of read “Three dead as car being chase slams into a car at north and main”
Well any how good job at getting the guy or woman and hope that the officer involved is doing good and did not suffer any serious injuries from this chase
Hindsight is 20 -20
The NRPD should be commended for the professional manor in which this scenario played out. The mere fact that it was in the early morning hours probably factored into the supervisors decision to authorize the pursuit. The video confirms no traffic and no pedestrians. I agree this could have had a different and much more negative ending but I believe the video supports the actions that were taken. I wish the officer a speedy recovery and thank him for his service!
wrong
The video show a guy walking on the right hand side walk and this was a small put of the chase to say that confirms there was no traffic or pedestrians is Wrong.