Crazy Auto Theft

So Jake, John, and I are driving from work to get some lunch. Jake had just been given a tour of the factory as part of his interview so we're just cruisin' down East Marginal Way when we see this happen right in front of our eyes...

Tuesday, August 8, 2006

Driver of stolen BMW crashes while fleeing

P-I STAFF AND NEWS SERVICES

TUKWILA -- A suspect in an auto theft was slightly hurt Monday when he crashed while trying to escape from a Washington State Patrol trooper.

The accident happened just after noon along East Marginal Way South and South Norfolk Street, near the Museum of Flight, the State Patrol reported.

Trooper Cliff Pratt said the BMW corporation contacted 911 after the tracking system installed on some of its vehicles registered a reportedly stolen BMW traveling south through Seattle.

The driver of the BMW stopped at a gas station near Boeing Field and was contacted by a state trooper, who at one point had the driver out of the car at gunpoint, Pratt said. However, the driver managed to jump back into the BMW and speed off.

The trooper barely had time to get back in his patrol car to give chase when the BMW crashed into another vehicle. The driver of the stolen BMW struggled with troopers, who used a Taser to subdue him and place him under arrest.

The driver of the other vehicle was not hurt, Pratt said.