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FOLLOWING THE LATEST IN THE
BAY AREA, A DEVELOPING STORY
OUT OF SAN FRANCISCO A
STOLEN CAR AS LEAD POLICE ON
A CHASE THAT CRASHED INTO A
MUNI BUS. MIKE PELTON IS ON
THE SAME.
SEARCHING FOR THE THREE
PEOPLE THAT WERE INSIDE THE
CAR WHEN IT CRASHED HERE AT
UNION AND THEN PASS. THEY
TELL THE CAR AWAY BUT WHEN
THE VEHICLE CRASHED THE
DRIVER AND HAD A FIRE
HYDRANT THAT WOULD FLYING
INTO AN APARTMENT BUILDING
AND SENT WATER SHOOTING UP
INTO THE AIR. THE CHP SAID
IT ALL BEGAN EARLY THIS
MORNING WHEN OFFICERS
OBSERVED A GREAT NEED SOME
MOVEMENT MAKE AN ERRATIC
MOVEMENT. THE CAR WAS
INVOLVED IN A CARJACKING
SEVERAL DAYS AGO. OFFICERS
BEGAN FOLLOWING THE CAR
WHICH HAD THREE PEOPLE
INSIDE. OFFICERS TRIED TO
PULL OVER THE CAR BUT THE
DRIVER SPED OFF AND RACED
DOWN VAN NESS AT SPEEDS OF
UP TO 70 MI. AN HOUR.
OFFICERS STOPPED THEIR
FIRST-AID AND FOUND THE
VEHICLE HERE AT UNION AND
THEN PASS. IT HIT A MUNI
BUS AND A FIRE HYDRANT.
EVERYONE ON THE BUS WAS
FINE AND THE SUSPECTS FLED
THE SCENE.
>> I WAS AWAKENED BY THE
CRASHED SOME TIME BETWEEN 3
AND 315.
>> WHAT DID IT SOUND LIKE?
>> OF LOUD *** IN THE
BUILDING HAD JOLTED. MY
FIRST THOUGHT WAS THAT A CAR
HEADED THE BUILDING ITSELF.
I GOT OUT OF BED AND WENT TO
THE WINDOW OVER THE FIRE
HYDRANT AND SAW THE GEYSER
THAT ERUPTED.
>> OFFICERS SET UP A
PERIMETER IN THIS AREA TO
LOOK FOR THE SUSPECTS, AT
THIS POINT THEY HAVE NOT
FOUND ANYONE. THEY DO NOT