Car Chase & Arrest...

On Saturday January 6, 2007, as we were heading down to see Mark’s mother, somewhere between White River Junction and Springfield, two Acuras passed us on the left hand side. We were traveling around 70 miles and hour. The first car was a light metallic (possibly green/grey). The car following it was a black. Both had spoilers on them.

When they passed us, the lighter car moved into the right lane. The black car moved to its side and they started to drive side by side for a while – one in the left lane and one in the right lane. Then the two Acuras began to slow their speed together. We had to slow as well. The car in the left lane (black) looked like he was going to pass the lighter colored car, so we moved over to the left lane indicating that we wanted to pass as well.

While we were in the left lane (with about 2 car lengths between us and the black car), both cars began to get slower. They came down to around 60mph. Something didn’t seem right so I called 911 to let them know what was happening.

Since neither car was allowing anyone to pass and there was standing water on the road, we backed off more. We had about 2 car lengths between the black car and us when, before we could move to the right lane, a light colored sedan with New York plates passed us on the right and moved to the left to cut us off. This sedan started to tailgate the black car. We could see the break lights of all three cars going on and off. The Acuras refused to let the sedan pass.

The sedan was swerving from the left lane to the right lane trying to find any opening it could. At one point the sedan thought he could pass between the two cars (in the middle), but the Acuras closed in not allowing the sedan in between them. At no time were either the Acuras or the sedan using their signals to change lanes. Remember we are traveling around 60mph.

As this started to escalate, we backed off more. The roads were still wet and with the three cars in front of us, water was shooting off the road. We were certain that an accident was going to happen. I told Mark to pull over and let them move on. I felt that there was going to be an accident.

Before we could move over, we came to an entrance ramp where the sedan thought it could pass. From the left lane he swerved all the way over to the on ramp on the right (lucky no one was entering) and passed the lighter Acura and then sped up. The lighter Acura then swerved to the on ramp, sped up and passed the sedan and then slowed down. The black car moved in behind the sedan. All three cars were traveling down the highway swerving from one lane to another and sometimes going on the shoulder. The sedan somehow got out of the sandwich and made a break for it. All three cars took off at a high rate of speed and were soon out of our vision. We were sure they were going about 100mph.

A few minutes later we came over a rise and saw all three cars in the distance but then they were out of sight again. We traveled along thinking how these people never get caught and we started to get pissed. Then we came around a corner and sitting on the side of the road was all three cars with the state trooper. A little while later I got a call from the state trooper asking me what happened. From what I understand they were all arrested and Mark and I had to write up depositions about the event. Have not heard anything since.

The two Acuras were clearly working with each other. All three vehicles were being driven in a manor that could have endangered our lives and those of other divers on the highway. There was a time that I feared so much for my safety that I wanted Mark to pull over and let them get far ahead of us.