A Chattanooga police officer who pulled over a speeding vehicle narrowly missed being run over and ended up arresting two validated gang members, according to a police news release.
The incident started at 10:40 a.m. Thursday when the unnamed officer at the corner of Citico and North Chamberlain avenues saw a vehicle speeding southbound. The vehicle matched the description of one seen at a Feb. 3 shooting on Brainerd Road, and the officer tried to make a traffic stop.
The driver pulled into a driveway in the 500 block of Kilmer Street and when the officer got out of his car, reversed toward him, the release stated. The officer jumped behind his cruiser and spotted a passenger in the back of the suspect car.
He lost the vehicle briefly but spotted it again on Glenwood Parkway as more police came to join the chase. The fleeing driver hit an unoccupied car in the 2400 block of Vine Street, then lost control and wrecked in the 1100 block of Wheeler Avenue.
He jumped from the vehicle and ran but was caught. He was identified as Montrell Crayton, 17, an adjudicated juvenile.