Car Chase Ends In Flames

Nice job but why wait for him to get into the car? I mean being a member of LE I would suggest next time maybe getting him before he got in the missile that is a moving vehicle. I mean did u really think he was just gonna pull over. If that is in fact how it happened. just saying.

This is bananas.

Ditto what curious said.

Damn lucky nobody was killed. There's gotta be a better way.

the cops should have had some guts and took him down prior to him getting into the car.

While Curious and I don't often agree, I have to say he's right. But surely there's some good reason why the police weren't able to stop this person before he got into a car?

Well, he did hurt his back, so I guess the police are at fault yet again. He is a nice young man trying to turn his life around. Gentelemen, hang on to your badges, heads will roll....

Perhaps this story will help some people understand why a perpetrator in a motor vehicle may be considered a potentially deadly threat by law enforcement personnel.

I watched this police chase pass right in front of my office window (ground floor) on Willow Street at very high speed. There were at least 20+ New Haven and unmarked police cars in hot pursuit... some of them even driving in reverse. It was like a scene out of the Blues Brothers.

Boy, those Community Policing walking beats must of been exhausted chasing that guy that far! The picture of the burning car looked like something on CCN out of Baghdad!

I feel lucky to be alive today. I was in my car with my child in the back seat, and the guy in the car was speeding towards me on the wrong side of the street with 5 police cars following. We were in a residential neighborhood in New Haven and the only reason he didn't hit me head on is because I pulled over onto the curb. The police need to reassess their tactics! We do not need high speed chases through our city.