photo credit: Patrick
photo credit: Irene G.
photo credit: Vitamin T
Police are in pursuit of a man who was driving the wrong way on Monument Blvd. in Concord, hit a fire hydrant near Oak Grove & Whitman, then fled on foot from the accident scene. STARR3 helicopter is overhead, assisting.
UPDATE: Tree and power lines knocked down, live wires are in the water, tree is blocking part of Oak Grove. Multiple agencies have responded. ConFire is on scene.
The public is advised to avoid the area.
Thanks to Paul for the report.
UPDATE: The suspect has been taken into custody.
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Saw this on the way home from work.
The suspect is in custody.
Not one of the better HydrantCides I’ve seen. Still kinda nice how it is split by the wires.
The bisecting wires are nice, also it appears to encompass the traffic signal and streetlight. Not bad.
We live two streets down and the power has now been restored.
In pursuit of the vehicle, or, in pursuit of the driver? Is the person who hit the hydrant and shown above the suspect or an innocent person?
He ran away after knocking down the tree so he’ll be charged with leafing the scene of an accident.
Thank you for clarifying!
Just went by it again and they can not get the water to turn off. Don’t be surprised if we don’t lose water pressure or have no water at all
Watch out for cars speeding down Whitman and nuala bypassing the accident trying to get to David.
Hopefully after the guy gets out of jail they send a bill for the mess.
I don think he is happy now.
Avast, thar blows the silver whale.
Was this the same vehicle that CHP was pursuing on HWY 4 coming from Antioch? The car looks the same. If it is I’m glad they got him.
Likely, CPD was all over the area of Meadow/Oak Grove/Monument. He came up Oak Grove at a high rate of speed but was not being actively presued by CPD when he flew past me. As he encountered traffic approaching Whitman he simply lost it… CPD was on scene within a minute.
Dr. Jellyfinger, ‘leafing the scene of a crime” should get him so cage time, I hope that he will have to pay for a new, full sized tree and for the Concord water bill, I will not hold my breath, however!
Too bad they could not get the water turned off, do not the “powers” that be have plans in place for this sort of thing, that was a rhetorical question?!
Car wash, Concord style.
He’s lucky I didn’t get my hands on him……………..108RS
Suspend his driving privileges-forever! Lucky he didn’t kill someone. It’s time to get tough on evaders.
Make the driver pay off his debt to the city of Concord and other LE agencies that had to waste their time and lives chasing this fool. He endangered the public but of course he will only get a slap on the hand. I agree take away his driving privileges in California permanently.
Thank you Law Enforcement once again.
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