Of course police chases are bad ideas, but a worse idea might be fleeing the crash and leaving your 2-year-old in the car. Yet this is exactly what a Roosevelt man did in Hempstead last night.
The Hempstead police say that a village police detective tried to stop a 2007 Nissan Altima for a traffic violation. But the car refused to stop, so the police followed the car (and befitting a suburban car chase, additional police cars joined in) until it crashed minutes later. The driver then got out and tried to run away, but he was caught.
When the police got the Altima, they found a 2-year-old in a car seat. The toddler wasn't injured, but he was taken to the hospital for observation. The driver of the car the Altima crashed into suffered minor injuries. And the Altima's 27-year-old driver was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and DUI.
