# Local police chase ends in crash, fire, severe burns **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [May 4, 2007, 10:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-police-chase-ends-in-crash-fire-severe-burns/28777 "2007-05-04T10:32:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 10:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-police-chase-ends-in-crash-fire-severe-burns/28777/1 "2007-05-04T10:32:40Z")
[http://www.wgrz.com/news/news\_article.aspx?storyid=47755](http://www.wgrz.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=47755) > A Tonawanda man is in critical condition following an overnight chase and car fire in Amherst… Don’t run from the cops kiddies. ---
**Author:** ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 10:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-police-chase-ends-in-crash-fire-severe-burns/28777/2 "2007-05-04T10:36:32Z")
I am sure he’ll sue and then the DA can use precedence on the recent Supreme Court case and be like oohhh pwwwnneeedddd ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 10:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-police-chase-ends-in-crash-fire-severe-burns/28777/3 "2007-05-04T10:42:10Z")
Glad he didn’t hurt anyone but himself. ---
**Author:** ![mycarsux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@mycarsux](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mycarsux)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 11:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-police-chase-ends-in-crash-fire-severe-burns/28777/4 "2007-05-04T11:29:54Z")
OMG!! i saw that car on fire last night near amherst. it was at like 10:30 pm though. The article says it happened shortly before 3 am. Unless I saw a totally unrelated incedent. but that thing was blazing. ---
**Author:** ![jeeves744](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeeves744/32/7619_2.png) [@jeeves744](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jeeves744)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 11:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-police-chase-ends-in-crash-fire-severe-burns/28777/5 "2007-05-04T11:33:44Z")
how did he lose control of the car going 80mph from the 290 to the 90? ---
**Author:** ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 11:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-police-chase-ends-in-crash-fire-severe-burns/28777/6 "2007-05-04T11:36:06Z")
[quote=“mycarsux,post:4,topic:28777"”] OMG!! i saw that car on fire last night near amherst. it was at like 10:30 pm though. The article says it happened shortly before 3 am. Unless I saw a totally unrelated incedent. but that thing was blazing. [/quote] this occurred at the 90/290 interchange, by the blue water tower ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-police-chase-ends-in-crash-fire-severe-burns/28777/7 "2007-05-04T11:50:36Z")
[quote=“jeeves744,post:5,topic:28777"”] how did he lose control of the car going 80mph from the 290 to the 90? [/quote] The other article I read said the cop “estimated” his own speed as 80, and the guy running was pulling away from him. ---
**Author:** ![fbrendan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@fbrendan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fbrendan)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/local-police-chase-ends-in-crash-fire-severe-burns/28777/8 "2007-05-04T11:50:43Z")
HA HA