Mobile Police Search for Driver Who Fled on Foot After Chase Ends With Truck Hitting Tree
A neighbor's surveillance video shows a white Toyota truck hitting a tree at the end of a Mobile police chase. The driver ran off, and a female passenger had minor injuries.
MOBILE, Ala. — Police were searching for the driver of a white Toyota truck after a chase in west Mobile ended with the truck crashing into a tree and the driver running away, and a neighbor’s surveillance camera recorded the crash.
Chase and crash
The Mobile Police Department said officers tried to stop the driver on Airport Boulevard and Schillinger Road, but he did not stop. The chase ended on a dead-end road at Idaho Road and Cresthaven Road, where the truck hit a tree. The video shows the truck striking the tree before the driver ran off, with a Mobile police cruiser close behind.
Additional officers came to the area. They used a drone and a K-9 in the search for the driver.
At the scene
The truck was totaled in the crash. A headlight lay a few feet from the wreck, and the airbags had deployed. Investigators said a woman was in the passenger seat. She was taken to a hospital with minor injuries.
Unanswered questions
As of the latest information available, police had not said who the driver is or why officers tried to pull the truck over. It was not clear whether the driver had been found. No charges had been announced. Anyone arrested would be presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.
South AL News will update this report when police release more information. For related coverage, see the Mobile police blotter and an earlier report on a crash on Schillinger Road.
