"Where Are You Trying to Escape?" Teens Driving Stolen Car Caught Thanks to Driver's Quick Thinking

Teenagers who stole a car and fled without a license were arrested thanks to the quick thinking of a truck driver.

A vehicle attempting to flee after refusing the police's order to stop was blocked by a truck in the adjacent lane. [Provided by Gyeongnam Police Agency]

According to the Gimhae Jungbu Police Station in Gyeongnam on the 31st, three teenagers including A, were accused of stealing a car in Tongyeong around 2 a.m. on the 27th of last month, driving without a license to Gimhae, hitting a police officer who demanded they get out, and attempting to escape.

The police arrested A and booked B and C without detention.

The friends were already under probation for previous charges including vehicle theft.

On that day, they were looking for a target by driving around an apartment parking lot when they found a car with the keys inside and the doors unlocked, which they stole and fled with.

They drove the car to Gimhae and were caught in the radar net of patrolling police.

A vehicle attempting to flee after refusing police orders to stop was blocked by a truck in the adjacent lane. [Video provided by Gyeongnam Police Agency]

The police patrolling nearby noticed that the car driven by A suddenly exited an apartment entrance and almost collided with an oncoming vehicle due to speeding.

Suspicious, they chased the car and confirmed a report about a white compact car received an hour earlier, pursuing it for about 800 meters more.

Later, when the car stopped at a red light, the police approached and demanded all occupants to get out, but they drove off again.

At that moment, D, a truck driver in his 50s who saw this from the adjacent lane, blocked the car driven by A from the front, causing a collision that stopped the vehicle, and A and the others were arrested on the spot around 11:40 a.m.

A and the others reportedly decided to run away and committed vehicle theft crimes due to increased restrictions in their daily lives from probation.

Driver D said, “There were many pedestrians around the scene, and I instinctively blocked the fleeing vehicle because I thought additional casualties could occur during the escape,” adding, “As a citizen, I just did what I naturally should.”

The police plan to award D with a reward and a plaque of appreciation.

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