Police pursued a roadside assistance truck stolen from Beltsville, Maryland, throughout the area Friday evening, a heart-stopping chase through the suburbs of Washington, D.C., in the thick of rush hour.
The truck driver was responding to a call for assistance at a kiss-and-ride when someone took off in the truck.
The truck proceeded to crash into several cars on Route 1 and led several police cruisers on a chase.
Chopper4 was over the pursuit and filmed police appearing to try to corral the stolen truck in an empty parking lot at one point.
The truck then drove through a grassy area where the equipment on the back of the truck snagged some utility lines before the truck returned to the road, hitting more cars and driving into oncoming traffic.
After turning around in a gas station, the truck drove head on at police, ramming the side of one cruiser and pushing it out of the way.
The truck stopped in a wooded area near Burnt Mills Park in White Oak. The driver did not open the door.
Officers surrounded the vehicle with guns drawn and used their batons to smash both the driver and passenger side windows in order to pull the driver out and take him into custody.
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