A driver running from police on Interstate 65 in Calera, Ala., gave up early Saturday, Oct. 17, after two 18-wheelers ahead of him pulled even with each other, matched speeds and filled both southbound lanes, according to the Calera Police Department.
The department’s account, posted to its Facebook page, starts at about 2:45 a.m. A Calera patrol unit saw a vehicle moving at high speed through the I-65 construction zone, passing other cars recklessly as it headed south. The officer turned on his lights and siren. The driver kept going, and Chilton County and Jemison units were told to get ready to help farther down the interstate.
They weren’t needed. The pursuing officer watched the suspect stand on the brakes in a cloud of tire smoke, take an exit and stop. The driver was arrested there. Police say the reason for the sudden stop was the pair of trucks, running side by side at equal speed…