DREXEL HILL, Pa. (CBS) – Video obtained exclusively by CBS News Philadelphia of a Pennsylvania State Police chase that ended with two troopers crashing in Delaware County puts the agency’s pursuit policies under scrutiny and raises questions as to why the pursuit began in the first place.
The video showed state troopers chasing a Ford Taurus through a bustling Township Line Shopping Center parking lot in Drexel Hill around lunchtime Tuesday.
Earlier this week, eyewitnesses described what they saw and explained their concerns.
“It’s crazy because there’s a school zone and it’s been a work zone for the past week,” Allison Murtaugh, who works at a nearby restaurant, said. “Kids get out of school. It’s a church. Like I said, it’s a work zone, 15 mph on top of the school zone. They could’ve killed somebody on top of themselves.”
The video showed the car’s bumper dragging and the rear window gone. The car and its two occupants then exited the shopping center, making a right onto Burmont Road.