Still, the event generated a fulsome Twitter conversation, under its own hashtag, #stolentruck. How can that compare to an alleged murderer who was once a star football player, or a child potentially flying to his death in a wacky inventor’s home-made hot-air balloon? (O.J. The alleged truck thief in this case was not in any collisions, appeared to observe at least most of the rules of the road and even signalled before pulling over to bring the rig to a stop and the story to an end. With a full tank of gas, he could have continued for a while.Īnd so, in the pantheon of recorded police chases, the Golden Horseshoe’s stolen truck escapade falls notably short of the voyeur superstardom. Woodford, and can only travel at 105 kilometres an hour. All tractor trailers have speed limiters, said Sgt. Woodford noted that the driver was not travelling erratically, and had been signalling before making lane changes. But the driver then exited the highway briefly before taking an on-ramp to the QEW bound for Toronto. At noon the vehicle was heading east on the QEW and approaching the U.S. At one point he made it almost to London. Police followed the black vehicle on Highway 403, 401, 427 and the Queen Elizabeth Way, in no discernible pattern. “We’re dealing with a tractor trailer, not a car, so it’s a lot harder to maybe pull a vehicle over like that.” “We didn’t want to panic anybody, we didn’t want to get anybody hurt, especially officers and the public,” said Sgt. Woodford, opting instead to have unmarked cars follow the vehicle at a short distance, and police cruisers behind them. Cruisers picked it up again when it got on Highway 401, near Milton, but chose not to engage in an official pursuit with sirens blazing, said Sgt. The flatbed, which was not carrying any cargo, got off the highway shortly afterwards, and police halted their pursuit. Monday from a Husky truck stop in the Niagara Region. The rig was reportedly stolen at around 4 a.m. Woodford, adding that the man pulled over of his own volition and did not utter a word when he was taken into custody. “When no one gets hurt in something like this, I’d say it was successful,” said Sgt. It is not clear what spurred the alleged theft or subsequent drive. Ontario Provincial Police Sergeant Dave Woodford said it was a textbook takedown that ended peacefully. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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