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LEXION · 12-10-2007, 02:10 PM

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A bank robbery suspect led police on a high speed chase in the East Valley Wednesday, then crossed into oncoming traffic, and slammed into a car, killing both himself and the driver of that second vehicle.
We has confirmed that the chase suspect had been wanted by the FBI for three previous bank robberies in the East Valley.

Tempe police say his latest robbery occurred at a Bank of America at Warner and McClintock in Tempe. It happened at 1:50 p.m.

The suspect was armed with a gun, and apparently threatened customers.

He then fled in a dark-colored Nissan Altima, and led police on a chase, at times swerving in and out of traffic.

At one point, the suspect got onto the Loop 101. He then exited at McKellips Road, drove a mile east, and crossed into on coming traffic where the crash happened.

The wreck occurred exactly 34 minutes after the robbery.

Video of the scene on the Salt River-Pima Indian Community showed a gruesome wreck, and smoke rising from at least one of the cars.

Police have not released the name of the suspect or victim, but We has learned the victim in the Toyota Supra is a man in his 20s.

nthfinity · 12-10-2007, 02:37 PM

What disturbs me is nobody was checking on the state of the man in the white car in that video.

This is one of the problems I have with televising police chases... full media coverage. The suspect knew he was being followed, and in such a case, its not a closed situation. The chase should not be such a huge publicized event; and IMHO, it is likely the media's fault.

RIP to the driver of the white car.

fabro_s · 12-10-2007, 02:51 PM

Cant believe he just did that, sick fuckin guy, he just could kill himself with the gun, or jump off a bridge, I dont know, theres endless possibilities, but no, he chose the worst fuckin option, killing a poor guy ridin his supra like everyday... RIP supra guy

r2r · 12-10-2007, 04:34 PM

Originally Posted by nthfinity

What disturbs me is nobody was checking on the state of the man in the white car in that video.

Exactly.

I would just let the suspect car burn with the guy inside of it as he deserves it.

philip · 12-10-2007, 07:51 PM

Poor Supra guy, RIP, his brakes were locked, didn't realize other guy wanted to die.

My daddy always told me to do anything to avoid a head on.

RC45 · 12-10-2007, 07:59 PM

Originally Posted by philip

Poor Supra guy, RIP, his brakes were locked, didn't realize other guy wanted to die.

My daddy always told me to do anything to avoid a head on.

This is correct - turn towards the oncoming projectile, you close the angle of attack and increase your chance of overshooting the oncoming projectile.

What we see there is typical behaviour these days, once a suspect is stopped their rights begin to rathet up higher than any victims they collected on the way.

I am wondering exactly how the "bank robbery suspect" was worth killing an innocent just so "he wouldn't get away".

The worst part is, the ENTIRE LOSS from the bank is covered by insurance.

CMonakar · 12-10-2007, 08:22 PM

That is terrible. What a waste of life by a waste of life.

LEXION · 12-11-2007, 10:03 AM

The name of the Supra driver was Alex....and this was his Myspace page... http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...endID=14975683 -- RIP ---

F3ckB9LL · 12-11-2007, 10:39 AM

Life is superficial :/ RIP

martin100 · 12-23-2007, 03:51 PM

This is sick! Why does he have to kill this innocent other driver?

pilotvtm · 12-23-2007, 04:33 PM

OMG!!!
Idiot at the weel(black car)!!!
I doesnt matter how good you drive in this situation(driver of the white car)....