PHILIPSBURG--Three alleged robbers fled from the scene of a three-car smash involving a reportedly stolen red Hyundai Accent possibly used as the getaway car in a robbery on March 12, a police vehicle and a private citizen's Suzuki car at the end of a high speed chase from Philipsburg to the area of the sewage works on A.Th. Illidge Road on Monday around 5:15pm.
Witnesses heard the sound of police sirens and saw a red Hyundai motor vehicle being pursued along Illidge road towards the roundabout. There was a great deal of traffic and the cars were dodging between lanes and forcing other vehicles from the road.
At a point near the sewage works opposite De Monstro bar and restaurant the police car sideswiped the fleeing vehicle, causing severe damage to the driver's side door and resulting in the car crashing into the parked car of a woman who had pulled over to avoid the chase.
The driver of the fleeing car could not move his vehicle in any direction. He then fled down an alleyway between Dr. Shoe and the laundry. It is understood that there were three offenders in the vehicle, but in the heat of the moment the owner of the parked vehicle saw only one of the offenders as he ran past her.
One of the police officers sustained some injury to his back during the collision. He was taken to St. Maarten Medical Center, where he was treated and allowed to leave.
Police investigators at the scene were making enquiries as to how the incident occurred and forensic officers arranged for the Hyundai the offenders had been using to be towed away for further analysis.
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