DETROIT - A police chase on Detroit's west side ended in a fiery and deadly explosion Thursday morning.
Michigan State Police confirm that a man driving a pickup truck traveling on Michigan Avenue died after his vehicle struck a minivan as it passed through an intersection just before 7 a.m., sideswiped another vehicle and slammed into a utility pole before exploding.
SkyFOX was overhead and captured video of the crash. The pickup was immediately engulfed in flames in a front of the Telway restaurant.
Police say the minivan driver sustained minor injuries and was transported to the hospital. Click here to watch an interview the Telway owner.
Fire and rescue crews extinguished the fire and later covered the pickup with a tarp.
FOX 2's Lee Thomas reports that the chase started in Taylor after a report of a stolen vehicle in Monroe. The chase continued through several westside streets.
Updated: Thursday, 13 Aug 2009, 8:49 AM CDT
By: bellava
In: News
Tags: High, Speed, Pursuit, Ends, , in, Deadly, Crash
Location: Detroit, Michigan, United States (load item map)
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How about the excellent pick move on the minivans part folks.
Posted Aug-13-2009 ByPotatoes (202.14) 
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Don't you mean PIT, as in persuit intervention tactic?.. yeah, couldn't of hoped for a better out come than this. Thanks go to the oblivious cow in the minivan.
Posted Aug-13-2009 ByGeneral_Ignorance (133.54) General_Ignorance Send Message
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If done on a pick-up, it's a pick! Just a wild guess. :)
Posted Aug-13-2009 Bydaleastor (869.66) daleastor View Channel Send Message
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Go Old Moinivan! Give that Mom a medal took out and killed the perp!
Posted Aug-13-2009 ByJoeBotz (150.00) JoeBotz View Channel Send Message
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That's the first thing I though, SHE KILLED HIM...lol
Posted Aug-13-2009 Byjsnasselin (137.74) jsnasselin Send Message
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Nice!
Saved us a lot of money!
Posted Aug-13-2009 Bybardville (413.00) bardville View Channel Send Message
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But you really have to ask youself.....WTF was the driver of that minivan thinking.....If anyone with a brain saw a bunch of police cars pursuing a car at high speed coming towards them....who the f*ck would turn right into them. You really have to have your head buried in your ass.......$20 bucks says she voted or Obama.
Posted Aug-13-2009 Byrazorwired (145.96) razorwired View Channel Send Message
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I'll take that bet
Posted Aug-13-2009 Bybro77dog (519.64) 
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No, you really have to ask yourself, why do jackasses have to be a know-it-all? You weren't there. You have no idea what the driver saw.
Posted Aug-13-2009 Byloofmot (282.26) 
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WTF does any of this story have to do with Obama? LOL
Posted Aug-13-2009 BySomOfABeeches (25.28) 
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ALL minivan drivers are losers. If a terrorist and a minivan driver were standing side by side and I was given a choice to kill one of them, I'd choose the minivan driver.
Posted Aug-13-2009 ByGuerrillaTactical (217.58) 
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Why does everybody sting Obama? You can't say Bush didn't f*&k things up... do you have a job? Did you lose money is stocks? Damn, Bush stole from you and you still stand up for him... WTF?
Posted Aug-13-2009 Bychupasass (11.28) 
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I bet the perp would be willing to trade that result for one where the cops tazed him, if he could.
Posted Aug-13-2009 Bystan2285 (718.18) stan2285 View Channel Send Message
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Good one! Made me laugh.
Posted Aug-13-2009 Byskyhawk53 (902.48) 
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This just in; Pres. Obama, while admitting he doesn't have all the facts, says it's clear the minivan driver "acted stupidly".
Posted Aug-13-2009 Bystan2285 (718.18) stan2285 View Channel Send Message
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Hahahahahaha.
Posted Aug-13-2009 Bybardville (413.00) bardville View Channel Send Message
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Some stupid racist american cops have to be reminded they are stupid racists from time to time. The president did his job.
Posted Aug-13-2009 ByCapedieMan (205.24) 
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No he didn't. He just showed the world that the President of the United States isn't above being a racist. That's all he did. K, bye now.
Posted Aug-13-2009 ByCaptain Canuck (1389.72) 
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a failed attempt at a political troll......the minivan driver turned left on a red light......you can bet the car thief's family will be suing for wrongful death......
Posted Aug-13-2009 Byfern420 (3230.88) 
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I'm truly a sucker for a happy ending.
Posted Aug-13-2009 ByCaptain Canuck (1389.72) 
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Yep, right up there with the ending of "When Harry met Sally"...
Posted Aug-13-2009 Bystan2285 (718.18) stan2285 View Channel Send Message
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That brought a tear to my eye!! LOL!
Posted Aug-13-2009 ByCaptain Canuck (1389.72) 
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HOORAH!
Hope the van driver was ok.
Posted Aug-13-2009 ByAmericanPride1 (3059.42) 
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Goes to show that the right of way is not necessarily determined by a green light.
Posted Aug-13-2009 Bywozzoo (145.54) wozzoo Send Message
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and the truck actually had the right of way...
Posted Aug-13-2009 Byspyder409 (41.94) 
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if it wasn't a perp burning in there, i guess the minivan driver would be in deep trouble.
Posted Aug-14-2009 ByTaurianMatador (214.16) 
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Damn, what an idiot! Sorry for the minivan-soccer mom, and happy it didn't involve more people!
Would have been better if the assbag had rolled the pickup on a deserted road!
Posted Aug-13-2009 ByRockfordBull (211.54) 
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...Am i crazy? The minivan was wrong all day long. The guy running had a green light and the minivan guy turned right in front of him causing the accident.
Posted Aug-13-2009 Bycurtisclark (24.76) curtisclark View Channel Send Message
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they both had green, the minivan probably didn't expect the truck to be speeding so they thought they had time to turn left, little did they know they were about to PWN the shit out of the truck, truck driver totally got what was coming with that easy mistake
Posted Aug-14-2009 Bybeavisofcod2 (15.30) 
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You are kidding, right? The fool running from the police caused his own death, the mini-van merely contributed to it. For some folks it is hard to judge speed when cars come at you. Big cars appear to move slower while little cars appear fasters. The truck was driving around sixty to seventy miles an hour.
Posted Aug-15-2009 Byskysoldier (47.20) 
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The red van failed to yield to on coming traffic on a green light! Arrest him for attempted vehicular homicide.
Posted Aug-13-2009 Bytrainwreckmetal (35.16) trainwreckmetal View Channel Send Message
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The minivan soccer mom caused the accident. The guy in the pickup (who is dead now) actually had the green light.
Posted Aug-13-2009 ByiNation (86.90) 
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Typical minivan driver. Pulls out all slow in front of a vehicle.
Posted Aug-13-2009 ByGuerrillaTactical (217.58) 
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The pickup driver had GREEN Light.. They driver of the red minivan should be held responsible for killing the escaping driver. I would like to have 2 miniguns on my car like in "Death Race" to clean my way from such human waste as the driver of the red minivan....
Posted Aug-13-2009 ByKaso_Da_Zmok (61.94) 
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It looks like its a "Left Turn Yield on Green" intersection. Which means that the van CAN turn left if there is nobody coming. Obviously somebody was coming, but at high speeds which is why Im sure they misjudged how far away the truck actually was. Fault would go to the dipshit driving a stolen vehicle being chased by the cops.
Posted Aug-13-2009 Byrugbybloke25 (313.72) 
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im with you on the sentiments.....if the dipshit never stole the truck none of this would of happened but as far as the courts are concerned....this is vehicular homicide.....i doubt the minivan driver will be charged in criminal court because of the extenuating circumstances but i guarantee they will probably loose everything they own and ever will own in a civil case filed by the car thief's family.
its stupid and ridiculous but it will probably happen...personally i think that they need to More..
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