Posted on 02/01/2006 1:46:32 PM PST by hattend
Fleeing truck kills motorist Driver of stolen pickup eludes police, rams cars, broadsides father of three at cross street
By TATABOLINE BRANT and KATIE PESZNECKER Anchorage Daily News
Published: February 1, 2006 Last Modified: February 1, 2006 at 03:04 AM
A father of three small children was killed Tuesday when the driver of a stolen pickup, who had rammed half a dozen other vehicles trying to get away from police, slammed into a sedan at a high speed at a Lake Otis Parkway intersection, police said.
The stolen truck had eluded them for miles, officers said, and they had shot at it after it slammed several vehicles before the fatal collision, but they said they were not chasing it when it fled north on Lake Otis, ran a red light at 20th Avenue and broadsided the sedan, killing Stephen J. Strain, 35, of Anchorage. The collision folded the victim's car into a mass of metal and scattered pieces of the vehicle into nearby yards.
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Trucks have joined the SUV in committing crimes...beware
I hope this jerk gets the chair (do they have that in Alaska?)
Amazing headline.
No death penalty in Alaska :/
But lots of hungry bears.
Amazing to me that they broke off the chase, considering there was gunfire.
Most have been one of them there "monster" trucks...
That is terrible to hear. Prayers for his family.
Why? He didn't do nuthin'! The truck did it!
Just look at the headline!
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