Scenes as in the action movie played on Saturday apparently on the highway 2 in Lower Saxony: The police had noticed in the vicinity of Brunswick a stolen reported car, a police spokesman said on Sunday.
When the officers tried to stop and control the car, the driver accelerated, followed by another vehicle that contained alleged accomplices. Five patrol cars took up the chase, the vehicles reportedly reaching speeds of up to 240 kilometers per hour.
The driver of the stolen car rammed a patrol car in the course of the persecution, none of the police was injured. At a motorway exit, the driver then lost control of the vehicle, crashed into a crash barrier and could not continue. The suspected thief escaped on foot and escaped.
The car of the two suspected accomplices could stop the police. A 28-year-old was arrested, but his passenger ran over the highway and was able to escape as well.