A driver fleeing officers in central Lawrence Wednesday night struck a Dumpster and a parked vehicle before running away.
Sgt. Trent McKinley, a Lawrence police spokesman, said an officer attempted to stop the vehicle at 11:20 p.m. for a traffic violation near 24th Street and Murphy Drive, but the suspect drove west on 24th Street and north onto Iowa Street before cutting through the CVS Pharmacy parking lot and the lot of a nearby apartment complex.
“The driver was driving very recklessly, endangering a number of people in the parking lot,” McKinley said. “Because of danger to pedestrians and others in the area, the officer slowed down and lost sight of the suspect.”
It appeared the suspect’s car struck a Dumpster near Hobby Lobby before the officer found it following a collision with a parked car in the parking lot of Hampton Court Apartments, 1704 W. 24th. The air bags were deployed, and the vehicle sustained extensive damage. A resident in the area saw the suspect run away before the officer arrived, and police had not yet located the suspect Thursday morning, McKinley said.
Comments
gccs14r 9 months, 2 weeks ago
The law was changed a couple of years ago to make fleeing a worse penalty than DUI, right?
consumer1 9 months, 2 weeks ago
At least it wasn't a fleeing dumpster hitting a motorist.
snap_pop_no_crackle 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Did the dumpster have its lights on?
Andini 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Wouldn't this be called "dumpster driving"?
CWGOKU 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Woke me when he ran into the dumpster
Liberty275 9 months, 2 weeks ago
How hard did he hit you? :-)
consumer1 9 months, 2 weeks ago
You were sleeping in the dumpster? Not judging just asking?
Bladerunner 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Leaving the scene of an accident is punishable by suspension of driving privledges...but you don't see that outcome very often......
chedder 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Who is Dumpster? What Is Capitalization?
Liberty275 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Them Duke boys at it again. Them Dukes, them Dukes.
In reality the perp was probably a drug dealer. If he was driving a van (or in the case of Lawrence, 3 semi trucks) to walmart to drop off a delivery of legal drugs, nobody would have been put in danger, one of our dumpsters would not be dented and 2 cars would not have been damaged. And the delivery man wouldn't have run away.
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