00:00 On camera, a police chase through the streets of Philadelphia from the ground and by air,
00:04 ending with a capture in Delaware County. I was live streaming this on Instagram here
00:09 earlier today as it was happening. Here's Steve Keely.
00:12 It was 6 31 tonight when Philadelphia police spotted this gray 2005 Ford F-150 pickup truck
00:20 that was stolen two days before Christmas. The driver would not pull over starting at
00:26 2nd and Indiana in North Philly. Because of the potential of putting pedestrians and other
00:35 drivers at risk, Philly police ground patrol vehicles periodically stopped pursuing this truck.
00:41 But the Philly police helicopter known as TAC Air always kept them in their sight and always
00:46 kept the ground team updated on all the turns and twists and near misses too. As the driver
00:52 dangerously made it through what became a long zigzag drive across the city from North Philly
00:59 to West Philly on Girard Avenue, past the zoo and the ramps to 76, which he bypassed,
01:04 past a septa trolley, frequently going over double yellow lines into the opposite traffic
01:09 and coming close once to three people who had just made it through on a crosswalk.
01:14 He made it onto some main roads like Market Street, passing some of the big septa market
01:18 Frankfurt line stops. And then police vehicles got close again when told he was headed their way
01:24 and they tried to pull up next to him but backed off when it might get dangerous again. And finally,
01:29 he made it all the way onto Westchester Pike in Upper Darby. That's where the truck pursuit ended
01:35 as he pulled onto a side street and ran out of gas, then ran out of the truck and the pursuit
01:40 on foot was on. He hopped fences like hurdles from yard to yard and soon police cornered him in.
01:47 He laid down and gave up as they handcuffed him, took him back to where all the police gathered
01:52 around the stolen truck. A safe, successful capture without any awful crashes or injuries
01:58 to anybody. In Upper Darby, Steve Keely, Fox 29 News.
