(UTV|COLOMBO) – Police in Fukuoka – Japan said Tuesday (30) that a 43-year-old Sri Lankan man has been arrested on suspicion of stealing a taxi and reckless driving resulting in injury by crashing into a car as he fled from Police.
According to Police, the incident occurred at 2.30 AM on Sunday (28), Fuji TV reported. Police said the suspect, who was drunk when apprehended, got into the taxi and drove away after the driver had left the vehicle.
A Police car pursued him along a national highway. The taxi then veered across the centre line and drove on the wrong side of the road for approximately two kilometres, before colliding with a small car waiting for the traffic signal at an intersection. The two passengers in the car sustained minor injuries.
Video footage taken by a drive recorder from a nearby vehicle showed the collision.
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