Five criminals steal two cars, and cell phones and flee from police

Five criminals steal two cars, and cell phones and flee from police

Five criminals who stole two cars and several cell phones were involved in an impressive chase with several police patrol cars for 6 km.

At least five criminals intercepted a 50-year-old man at the intersection of Marco Avellaneda and Dardo Rocha streets, in Remedios de Escalada. The subjects, at gunpoint and under death threats, took away his grey VW Voyage and began a terrible crime spree.

While the victim contacted 911 and reported the incident, the thieves continued with their tour of terror. Security cameras recorded one of them snatching the cell phone of a young man who was waiting for a bus at the corner of Avellaneda and Balcarce.

The shocking scene shows that the young man, after stumbling, falling, and losing the phone, got up and threw a punch at the thief. The blow missed the target by centimetres and the boy fell again.

The police officers, who were on their trail and had their descriptions, detected them a few blocks away. The thieves immediately noticed the police presence and tried to escape, but, with the police car on them, a furious chase began.

The gang fled at full speed causing traffic chaos until they ran over a 50-year-old woman at the intersection of Larrazábal and Varadero, who had to be taken to the Llavallol Hospital with multiple traumatisms.

The attempted escape continued until the driver made a maneuver that resulted in him losing control of the vehicle and impacting the front of a house. The thieves got out of the car and tried to escape, but were intercepted by the police a few meters away.