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An arrest after car chase in Umeå - drove on walkways

5/16/2020, 11:07:01 PM

A man was arrested after a car chase in central Umeå on Saturday night, local media reports. The chase began when police tried to stop a car where they suspected the driver was under the influence of alcohol.


- The car they follow after gassing and driving faster. This motorist drives into a lamppost and then continues his journey across pedestrian and bicycle lanes where several people are out and walking, says the police's on-call investigator Peter Lindberg to Västerbottens-Kuriren.

Only when the man left the car and tried to flee on foot could he be arrested. He is suspected of, among other things, gross negligence in traffic, drunk driving, gross unlawful driving and drug possession.