Wednesday December 19 9:13 AM ET
Three-Wheeler Driver in High-Speed Police Chase
LONDON (Reuters) - The driver of a classic British three-wheeled car faces
charges of dangerous driving after leading police in western England on a
35-minute high-speed chase involving a helicopter.
Two police cars were also involved in the pursuit of the 28-year-old theft
suspect who cranked the infamously unstable Reliant Robin up to 90 miles
per hour, police said on Tuesday.
"It's not the sort of thing you see every day,'' Wiltshire police spokesman
David Taylor told Reuters. He said the officers involved in the chase
Saturday were astounded.
"We reckon he reached a speed of up to 90 mph on the straight,'' he said.
He said the chase began when officers responding to a robbery report from a
local fast food restaurant spotted the suspect leaving the scene in the
25-year-old vehicle -- itself reported stolen a week earlier -- and set off
in pursuit.
The chase ended in a town in the neighboring county of Dorset where the
suspect abandoned the car and was arrested as he tried to escape on foot.
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