Another areawide car chase ends within 1/2 a block of the Skid Row Joe residence.

Drifting off to sleep in the wee hours I noticed the distant sound of two emergency vehicle sirens, and the faint sound of a helicopter engine and it's air-chopping blades. Neither sound is unusual given the flyover pattern of air ambulances to Dallas hospitals, and emergency vehicles responding to assorted emergencies.

The sounds of sirens were getting more numerous as the chopper's proximity over my home was getting closer too. The sirens sounds seemed to diminish, for a couple of minutes, before getting closer and closer. Along with a circling helicopter overhead, that was the telltale sign of yet another late night car chase taking place in my area.

As the sirens got closer and closer, I cranked open my mini-blinds in my bedroom to peer out in the street. Sure enough, flashing lights, headlights and multiple sirens were heading up my street to the intersection of a much busier street I live on the corner of. First was a mid-'80 white, mid-size POS Chrysler product heading to the stop sign of a nearly blind intersection, summarily running it and turning 90* onto the busier thoroughfare. It made the turn at perhaps the highest speed it could without tire squeal. One marked police car right on it's tail, paused ever so slightly before running the stop sign then, an unmarked dark gray undercover car lights ablaze a few car lengths behind the police cruiser. Both Ford Crown Vics, with the throaty sounds they make when a foot is put into their accellerator pedals. The searchlight of the helicopter highlighted the fleeing car as it drove by. Four or so more police cruisers passed by in the next minute or so. The chase ended about 300' away around the next block - I didn't hear the crunching of metal, so they apparently stopped and perhaps bailed. The searchlight concentrated in the one area, so they were obviously captured. No ambulance arrived so the perp(s) were taken into custody in good shape. I decided not to walk over for a better look, staying on my patio.

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