Man in custody following pursuit of pick-up truck through South Florida streets
MIAMI - A man is in custody Friday afternoon after leading police on a pursuit through South Florida streets on Friday afternoon.
Images from Chopper 4 showed the man eventually crashing his black pick-up truck into a white sedan in a residential area and bailing out of the vehicle.
He was seen pushing a backpack under a parked vehicle before running and getting intercepted by Miami-Dade police officers.
Officers had their guns drawn as they confronted the man.
He was handcuffed, searched, and led into a police cruiser.
The pursuit, which started in Broward County, was conducted through the streets of Miami-Dade and ended in the area of 5th Avenue and NW 130 Street.
The truck stopped a few feet away from Joanna Vestweber's front door. She is seven weeks pregnant and just came home with her five-year-old son and groceries.
"Man, that was scary," she said. "Exactly the moment that I got out, the truck was crossing the door in my face. It was so close. I thought they were going to crash into my house. I feel like God protected me in that moment (because) something could have happened to me."
Images from Chopper 4 did not show any police units behind the truck, but police aviation units pursued the vehicle from the air.
On Thursday afternoon, the Miami-Dae Police Department said the man would be charged with a stolen vehicle.
Police did not say if the man would be facing additional charges.
