A Stolen Tow Truck Leads Police On A Wild Chase - 1/2/2017.
- 7 years ago
Police chased a stolen flatbed truck Monday up Route 17 north and into New York State, where a police car got hooked onto the back and dragged, authorities said. Two New York state troopers suffered neck and back injuries when their patrol cars were sideswiped by the fleeing flatbed, State Trooper Dermont Summers said.
The chase lasted about 43 minutes before the driver was stopped in Hillburn near the Suffern village limits, police said. A video showing a portion of the incident was posted on Facebook. The suspect was identified as Paul T. Gudanowski, 51, of Hackensack, East Rutherford Police Chief Larry Minda said in a release issued Monday afternoon.
Agencies in the pursuit included East Rutherford, Suffern (N.Y.) and Ramapo (N.Y.) police, and the New York State Police, Suffern police said in a Facebook post. The chase began in East Rutherford when police spotted the man driving a stolen flatbed near Route 120 close to MetLife Stadium, Summers said. It began at 8:17 a.m. and ended at 9 a.m., police said.
The chase lasted about 43 minutes before the driver was stopped in Hillburn near the Suffern village limits, police said. A video showing a portion of the incident was posted on Facebook. The suspect was identified as Paul T. Gudanowski, 51, of Hackensack, East Rutherford Police Chief Larry Minda said in a release issued Monday afternoon.
Agencies in the pursuit included East Rutherford, Suffern (N.Y.) and Ramapo (N.Y.) police, and the New York State Police, Suffern police said in a Facebook post. The chase began in East Rutherford when police spotted the man driving a stolen flatbed near Route 120 close to MetLife Stadium, Summers said. It began at 8:17 a.m. and ended at 9 a.m., police said.