CHASE, 18-WHEELER - Dallas

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Bizarre, load of lumber on fire, crazy. On CNN and Fox, maybe other channels.

-- Anonymous, November 07, 2001

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Still going on. Fox is saying it started with some kind of armed robbery and the robber jumped into the 18-wheeler and took off. Most of back half of load is gone and there is still some fire. Is now in a residential area; has narrowly missed school buses on at least two occasions.

-- Anonymous, November 07, 2001

Police have ordered schools to keep children there until further notice. The Dallas police are doing a magnificent job of blocking intersections so far but since nobody knows where he's going, it's very difficult. The driver has switched lanes, going against traffic, has taken cuts through parking lots, gone cross country, and so on. Traffic is starting to build up, apparently, starting to look busy. Not known how much gas on baord but if takns are full, could be 20 gallons in each of two tanks, they said.

-- Anonymous, November 07, 2001

Driver stopped, SWAT team piled on top of him. It's over.

-- Anonymous, November 07, 2001

How is it that these mad chases are justified? Just pure luck if noone is hurt.

-- Anonymous, November 07, 2001

Actually, the police weren't so much chasing the guy as following him--he was setting the pace.

-- Anonymous, November 07, 2001


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