If there’s one thing tradies hate more than missing a smoko, it’s a brazen crim.
A high-speed police chase in Queensland has ended with the alleged offender being chased down on foot and tackled by construction workers after he tried to evade capture by running into a building site like a big idiot.
The police pursuit began yesterday after a house in the Brisbane suburb of New Farm was reportedly broken into, and two cars were subsequently stolen. The owner of the vehicle connected to an iPad that was left in one of the cars, and tracked its location which was then forwarded on to police.
Polair helicopter units located the car at around 9:30am yesterday morning as it drove erratically and dangerously through traffic on the southside of Brisbane, crossing into oncoming lanes, speeding, and running red lights.
The pursuit continued through Bowen Hills and into Woolloongabba where the car crashed into a number of parked vehicles, pinning a 52-year-old woman inside one of them. She received minor injuries.
The alleged offender then attempted to flee the scene on foot, assaulting a female member of the public in the process.
Now here’s where it gets interesting.
Several tradies were also on the scene, working at a nearby construction site. Having witnessed the whole ordeal go down, they gave chase to the offender, who tried to evade them by running in to the construction site which is full of more tradies and very few escape routes.
QPS Polair captured the whole shebang on video, and it’s a remarkable watch.
Police have arrested a man after tracking an alleged stolen vehicle across Brisbane. https://t.co/6QUHvuvtpF pic.twitter.com/th0iAIX0V1
— QPS Media Unit (@QPSmedia) February 15, 2017
The 21-year-old accused was held down by the workers until police arrived, and he was subsequently taken into custody.
Let this be a lesson to all you potential crims out there: Do not run into a construction site when trying to evade the law.
Don’t do it. It is dumb.
Not the sharpest tool in the shed, this one.
Source: QPS Media.
