GTA: Windy City

By Matt Wood in News on Oct 24, 2006 11:21AM

We're sure no Chicago Police officer ever hopes that a vehicle chase ends with a crash and injuries, but two officers had to be feeling a sweet sense of irony Sunday evening when two suspects tried to recreate a scene from Grand Theft Auto.

They were chasing two men in a van that had been reported stolen. When officers first approached the van, the driver put it into reverse, rammed into another car, then tried to run them over. One of the officers fired a shot into the van's door but didn't hit anyone. This led to a chase which ended when the van crashed into a viaduct at Potomac and Central Park avenues. The final tally after the crash: bad guys who tried to run over cops in a van: one broken leg, one head injury; cops who avoided being run over: one minor cut. Now that's justice.