The truck that was involved in this chase wound up with several bullet holes in it. Police say things got so tense at one point that an officer was forced to shoot at the truck.
According to police, two people were in that truck Friday morning when Houston police tried to pull over the driver for speeding on Westheimer. That's when we're told the man and the woman in the truck drove off.
They drove through Memorial Village, where Houston police say Memorial Village officers tried to make the truck pull over. We're told the driver of the truck then tried to run over at least one Memorial Village officer. In response, that officer shot at the truck several times.
Police say the driver kept going, at one point losing a tire, but the truck kept going, possibly even hitting a passerby, as several police officers continued the chase.
The driver finally crashed the truck into a pole. The suspects ran down an alleyway, but police caught up with them shortly after.
One bystander says the truck sideswiped his car.
"He came flying by. He must have been going about 120 miles per hour and he sideswiped me," said driver Nathan Sprague. "Sparks were flying, his tire was blown out. It was scary. If it wasn't for the sirens, I would have pulled out and he would've killed me."
Police are continuing to investigate. They don't know why the pair in the truck ran from police, since they were originally only being pulled over for a speeding traffic offense.
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