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Old February 1st 12, 07:31 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Doug[_3_]
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Default "SUV crashes into US home and lands on man in bed"

I know this is a bit off topic here but it shows clearly that
literally nowhere is safe from these motorists who put cyclists at
dire peril while cyclists cannot pose a similar threat to them.

"A man in New Haven, Connecticut, suffered third-degree burns after a
car crashed into his house and landed on top of him during a police
car chase.

Michael Sweat, 34, was asleep in bed when a sports utility vehicle BMW
X5 tore through the front of his house and into his bedroom.

Mr Sweat was trapped under the car for about an hour as firefighters
tried to free him, a police spokesman said.

With the car fully lodged inside the house, the driver fled from the
scene.

Police gave chase shortly after midnight on Tuesday in Hamden,
Connecticut, on suspicion that the driver was wanted for motor-vehicle
offences.

Burned buttocks

The suspect led police on a 5-mile (3.2-km) pursuit through the campus
of Southern Connecticut State University and into New Haven.

Policemen tried to stop the car by using "stop sticks", but the
suspect swerved to avoid them..."

Mo
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16815084

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