Naked Trucker Leads Police On Wild Chase

[matcom]

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HARTFORD, Conn. -- It ended peacefully, but it was a situation that could have led to carnage on a highway early Saturday morning: a speeding tractor-trailer running from police on the wrong side of a Connecticut highway.

Even more bizarre, police said the trucker was nude from the waist down. And police found an open can of beer in the cab.

The 18-wheeler --registered to a New Jersey trucking company -- got stuck on a street divider in Newington, Conn., after a wild half-hour police chase through four towns.

Police said the driver was Steven Reed (pictured, left), 44, of Portland, Maine.

The sometimes-high-speed half-hour pursuit started in Hartford, through Wethersfield and Newington, into West Hartford and back into Newington.

Officers didn't know where Reed drove onto the highway, but Hartford police Lt. Patrick Jobes said it was clear that Reed posed a great danger to others. Jobes took up pursuit of the wrong-way truck.

http://www.wftv.com/news/3937331/detail.html

[UL_Approved]

1. Ummm, a bit strange?

Maybe we don't know the whole story. Maybe we don't WANT to know the whole story. If there is not a hooker involved, I'm scared.

:crazy: :tinfoilhat:

[nine23]

2. Eww. That's an image I can do without.

It's 4:30am PST and I still have to get some sleep. And I shant be checking that link - apparently there's a picture.

[pinniped]

3. Good, we get to see it on Police Videos with Sheriff John Bunnel.

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[Champ]

4. You're lucky

My DSL disconnected while I tried to send this article, it took me about 10 minutes to log back on. :) Great post nonetheless :thumbsup:

[Danocrat]

5. Maybe all truckers drive without pants?

I mean they're up high enough that nobody can see. How would we know?