MIRAMAR, FLA. (WSVN) - A chaotic chain of events involving a stolen car ended in a crash and bailout on a busy Miramar intersection, leading officers to take one person into custody and launch a search for at least one more subject who fled the scene.
Miramar Police units arrived at the scene of the crash and bailout at the corner of Miramar Parkway and Island Drive, Thursday afternoon.
According to investigators, an officer spotted the stolen silver sedan in the area. When the people inside the car noticed that officers were waiting for them, they took off in the vehicle, and a brief pursuit ensued.
Area residents told 7News that the driver of the stolen car ran a red light and crashed almost head-on into a red SUV.
After the crash, the subjects fled on foot, prompting officers to set up a perimeter to search for them.
Officers took one person is in custody, as they attempted to determine how many people remain on the loose.
Just after 4:15 p.m., 7News cameras captured several K-9 units and other officers with long guns in the middle of the perimeter as they went in and out of residents’ backyards.
The innocent bystander who was driving the SUV involved in the crash suffered minor injuries and is expected to be OK.
Police have since cleared the area. Officers at the scene told 7News that there’s no threat to the public in the area they canvassed.
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