Palermo: crazy chase through the city, Carabinieri arrest a 24-year-old for resisting arrest and causing personal injury

The Carabinieri of the Palermo Radiomobile Unit have a 24-year-old man arrested, of the place, already known to the police, for resistance to a public official and personal injury.

The military, during a territorial control service in Lanza Street of Scalea, they stopped a car driven by the 24 year old who, in the company of a woman, was said to have attempted to evade the Carabinieri's investigations saying that he had to urgently reach the hospital because the girl who was with him was feeling unwell.

The patrol immediately took action to allow the couple to reach the hospital as quickly as possible but a few meters were enough for the soldiers to understand the real intentions of the suspect who, instead of heading towards the nearest hospital, he stopped in front of a commercial establishment. When the military personnel were approaching the car again to ask for explanations, the young man fled by driving at high speed through the city streets.

During the mad rush, the young man reached the parking lot of a shopping center where he another Carabinieri car rammed intervened to lend a hand to her colleagues.

Despite the impact, the 24-year-old, seriously endangering the safety of people and motorists present inside the shopping centre's car park, continued his escape, tailed by the Radiomobile's Gazelle, until he reached France Avenue where he lost control of the vehicle crashing into a road sign pole.

The suspect also has tried to escape, attempting a final escape on foot, but was caught by the soldiers with whom he got into a fight, being immobilized even with the use of the pepper spray.

The administrative investigations revealed that the man was driving a car uninsured and without a driving license because I never obtained one.

The soldiers were forced to resort to armed robbery due to the fight. health care.

The Preliminary Investigations Judge of the Court of Palermo validated the arrest and ordered the suspect to report to the judicial police.