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ARCHIVED - Driver in stolen car flees police checkpoint and speeds along N-332 Torrevieja in the wrong direction
The motorist was eventually arrested after putting the lives of others in the Vega Baja town, Alicante province at risk
Police in Torrevieja have arrested a motorist who sped through a breathalyser checkpoint in a stolen car before a 20 minute high-speed police chase in which he drove along a section of the N-332 in the wrong direction and put the lives of others at risk.
According to the Guardia Civil, "the detainee did not hesitate to cross roundabouts and drive for long stretches in the opposite direction, seriously endangering the safety of all road users".
Once police managed to intercept the stolen vehicle, the arrestee then tried to make a run for it on foot, injuring one of the officers in the process.
The incident happened just before 7am on June 25 whilst officers from the Guardia Civil's Traffic Department were carrying out a specific alcohol control on the N-332 in Torrevieja.
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The car accelerated as it reached one of the officers, ignoring orders to pull over.
"For more than 20 minutes the vehicle made high speed detours in a forbidden direction and through roundabouts both in the town itself and on the national road N-322. The driver ignored all the police signals telling him to stop, putting his own safety and that of other road users, including that of the officers themselves, at serious risk," added the police.
The motorist's dangerous driving was eventually brought to a standstill when he drove into a dead-end street and he was arrested.
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Image: Guardia Civil/DGT
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