During a police check west of Kiel, a car driver fled from the police - and then gave himself a half-hour chase with the officers.
They could only stop the 30-year-old with roadblocks and gunfire.
The man had pressed the gas at the traffic control near Rendsburg on Thursday evening.
He broke through barriers, drove at high speed towards police officers and rammed several police cars, a police spokesman announced.
He eventually pulled up onto Autobahn 7 and sped south.
He pushed a patrol car into the middle plank.
After a few kilometers, several police cars stopped the journey for a short time.
However, the man drove into the cars that had wedged him, and officials fired shots at the tires of the car.
Wrong driver with a blown tire
Despite a blown tire, the 30-year-old then drove his car as a ghost driver on the motorway.
A little later on the federal highway 203 the police finally pushed him into a ditch.
There the man refused to open the door, according to Norddeutschem Rundfunk.
The police broke the windows to arrest him.
According to the investigators, the police-known man is accused of attempted manslaughter against officials.
A policewoman was slightly injured during the operation.
Four police cars were damaged, some seriously.
The amount of damage was estimated at well over 50,000 euros.
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