WATCH: Two-hour long police chase ends when van flips over in South Philly: http://t.co/jGkP9MzxW9https://t.co/hsEDPyVbTm
— NBC10 Philadelphia (@NBCPhiladelphia) July 28, 2015
It’s only July, but we may have an early candidate for police chase of the year.
After two hours, Philadelphia police were finally able to apprehend a slick driving armed robber — who was wearing a Tiki Barber jersey (!) — with a pit maneuver, which sent his white van tumbling. According to NBC Philadelphia, the chase began in New Jersey before the suspect went through a slew of freeways that ultimately ended in Philly:
The suspect then led police on a wild chase through I-95 onto the Walt Whitman Bridge, I-295, Blackhorse Pike, Camden, Gloucester City, I-676 back into Camden, back onto the Walt Whitman Bridge, Route 42 South, Route 55 South, the parking lot of the Deptford Mall in Deptford Township, back onto Route 42 northbound, back onto I-676 and onto the Ben Franklin Bridge back into Philly.
The suspect then continued through Chestnut Street onto Front Street towards Arch before turning onto York Street and Frankford Avenue. The van then traveled onto Lehigh Avenue and back onto I-95 around 9:30 p.m.
While on I-95, police vehicles appeared to have the van boxed in and surrounded. The van managed to weave out of the police vehicles and escape however and the pursuit continued.
And they’re not joking about this Tiki fan weaving through vehicles — check him out lulling the police to sleep before hitting the hole and escaping:
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/O3rokRYdU3
— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) July 28, 2015
As for the status of Tiki fan, it looks like he survived his van rolling over, but he’s probably not thrilled about being taken into custody by Philly police:
HE IS WEARING A TIKI BARBER JERSEY pic.twitter.com/4gjtaV4LXO
— Nick Piccone (@nickpiccone) July 28, 2015
The aftermath:
DEVELOPING: Here are some ground pics from van after two hour police chase. #CBS3 pic.twitter.com/fdhnJJNKNn
— David Spunt (@davidspunt) July 28, 2015
And the best of Twitter:
Don't ever trust a guy in a Tiki Barber jersey driving a white van #policechase
— Josh Yocum (@Yocum21) July 28, 2015
https://twitter.com/xmasape/status/625842472086806529
I wonder if the guy that led the police chase also left his wife while she was pregnant with twins #tiki
— Aaron P. (@AaronP36) July 28, 2015
Kudos to the Philadelphia Police Department for not beating the snot out of the van driving Tiki Barber fan on camera.
— West Philly Turkey (@WPhillyTurkey) July 28, 2015
