SEATTLE — A man suspected of driving under the influence was taken into custody in North Seattle Wednesday night after a chase on Interstate 5.
“It was really scary,” said Erin Thorne, who saw the whole thing while walking her dog. “I wasn’t sure if he was going to hit me or not because he was going back and forth and back and forth.”
A spokesman for the WSP said a trooper tried to pull over the the van on Interstate 5 for driving erratically. The driver pulled off the highway, but then started speeding down neighborhood streets. Troopers initially called off the pursuit because of safety concerns, until they got reports that the van was hitting cars.
“I head a big thud, and I immediately knew there was some hit to the car,” Rahul Nagalkar said. His Honda got the worst of the damage and ended up stopping the van.
Thorne saw the driver make a run for it.
“He jumped out of the car,” she said. “I asked him if he was OK and he didn’t say anything, he just booked it down the street.”
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“He jumped out of the car,” she said. “I asked him if he was OK and he didn’t say anything, he just booked it down the street.”
An off-duty Seattle police officer arrested the driver.