theperfect.mismatch

CLARKSTOWN - A driver with a stolen license plate eluded Clarkstown and Orangetown police and raced across the Tappan Zee Bridge at 100 mph last night before disappearing into Westchester.

No one was hurt in the chase, which took about five minutes from start to finish and was called off for safety reasons once the culprit passed through the EZPass tolls heading south.

According to Clarkstown police Sgt. James Fay, a Clarkstown officer was on Route 59 near Smith Road about 7:30 p.m. on a traffic stop when a late-model black Audi drove by with what his license reader said was a stolen plate.

The officer pulled the vehicle over, but the driver then took off heading east on Route 59 as the officer alerted dispatch what had happened.

Orangetown police spotted the car heading east on the New York State Thruway and stopped it short of the entrance to the Tappan Zee Bridge, but the driver again took off before the officer could talk with him.

The driver apparently crossed the bridge into Westchester by dodging in and out of traffic, and was clocked going through an EZPass lane at more than 100 mph.

By that time, officers from Clarkstown were about halfway across the span, Fay said, and the chase was called off for safety reasons.

As of 10:30 p.m., the driver and car had not been spotted by Westchester authorities, Fay said.

--not like I've done something like that before *rolls eyes*

// posted by guy in blue @ 22:35