We’ll push him out here! The police published footage of a wild chase near Prague
The video shows how the police wanted to stop a car in Prague that was stolen as stolen around 11 o’clock. However, the driver did not respond and continued along Evropská Street towards the airport and further outside Prague. In Do Horoměřice he went down to the field and continued driving with several patrols in the back.
“The police have come up with a special PIT maneuver (The car strikes the pursued car with a reinforced frame – editor’s note)to stop the car. The field was then used warning shots towards the vehicle. At the same time, a police officer was injured by a fragment of a bullet, “police spokesman Jan Rybanský told the newspaper.
Police cars then forced the driver to stop and got him in the tongs so he couldn’t continue.
According to the spokesman, the police officer’s injury is not serious. However, three police vehicles were damaged in the pursuit.
“The driver ended up in handcuffs and was taken to the police station for further action. His co-driver then explained the whole matter at the same office, “Rybanský said, adding that an examination of the 44-year-old detainee in the police records revealed that in the past he had been sentenced to five unconditional sentences by repeated property crimes, the last of whom was released at the end of April. 2021
Three cars were damaged.
Photo: Pavel Jaňurek, News
His driving ban was also extended several times by the court until January 2025, for a total of eleven years. In addition, during the interrogation, he admitted that he had stolen the vehicle from which he was driving in the past two weeks at a second-hand car dealership in Prague 4 after breaking into the office, where he took the ignition keys. Then he attached a stolen license plate to it.
“At the moment, the driver is suspected of committing the crimes of theft, obstruction of the execution of an official decision, violence against an official and general danger. However, it is possible that the legal qualification of the act will be changed or expanded, “said Rybanský. The driver faces up to eight years in prison.
One police officer was injured in the attack.
Photo: Pavel Jaňurek, News
The driver was caught in a field on the outskirts of Prague.
Photo: Pavel Jaňurek, News