The video on the web site states the PD car was "stuck" on the tracks.........
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - No one was hurt when a train struck a Cedar Rapids police car that been chasing a vehicle early Wednesday morning.
The movie-like sequence began when officers tried to make a traffic stop shortly before 3 a.m. It ended with the suspect getting away after the crash near the intersection of Otis Road and Cole Street SE.
Lt. Dominic Wibe said an officer initially pulled over a white sport-utility vehicle, but the male driver sped off and headed for the Sac and Fox Trail.
The driver first went on a frontage road along the railroad tracks, and then drove directly down the railroad tracks, police said.
“We stopped the pursuit at that point, but one of the squad cars didn’t stop soon enough, and was struck by the train,†Wibe said.
The driver of the SUV stopped, got out and took off running. Police said he was still at-large.
Wibe said trains were coming in both directions on the two sets of tracks, and police were able to notify the train operators to stop, but not before one train hit the police car.
“Lucky for (the suspect), he was on the right (tracks),†Wibe said.
An investigation was continuing. The SUV was impounded by police.
Wibe said there would be warrants out for the man’s arrest later today.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - No one was hurt when a train struck a Cedar Rapids police car that been chasing a vehicle early Wednesday morning.
The movie-like sequence began when officers tried to make a traffic stop shortly before 3 a.m. It ended with the suspect getting away after the crash near the intersection of Otis Road and Cole Street SE.
Lt. Dominic Wibe said an officer initially pulled over a white sport-utility vehicle, but the male driver sped off and headed for the Sac and Fox Trail.
The driver first went on a frontage road along the railroad tracks, and then drove directly down the railroad tracks, police said.
“We stopped the pursuit at that point, but one of the squad cars didn’t stop soon enough, and was struck by the train,†Wibe said.
The driver of the SUV stopped, got out and took off running. Police said he was still at-large.
Wibe said trains were coming in both directions on the two sets of tracks, and police were able to notify the train operators to stop, but not before one train hit the police car.
“Lucky for (the suspect), he was on the right (tracks),†Wibe said.
An investigation was continuing. The SUV was impounded by police.
Wibe said there would be warrants out for the man’s arrest later today.
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