Police Car Chase Ends With 76-Year-Old Innocent Bystander Crushed To Death

Police chases rarely, if ever, end well. An uninvolved pedestrian in Vallejo, California, discovered just how poorly chases can go earlier this week, when he was crushed between two parked vehicles as they were pushed together by a driver attempting to outrun local police.

This past Tuesday, a Vallejo cop flipped on his red and blues in response to what the department’s PR department called “reckless driving.” Rather than slowing down or stopping, the driver apparently sped off through two intersections before colliding with a parked car — crushing a 76-year-old bystander between it and adjacent vehicle. The pedestrian was rushed to a nearby hospital, but died.

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