Suspect speeds away from police - right into a tree

By adamg - 9/26/08 - 1:32 pm

Boston Police report a man who sped away from officers investigating two reports of gunfire early this morning led police on a chase around Dorchester - when he wasn't busy driving straight at them - until he slammed into a tree on Dorchester Avenue.

The man was ejected from the car and taken away in an ambulance to Boston Medical Center. If he survives, he'll be charged with a variety of traffic offenses - and possibly charges related to the original gunfire incidents.

Police say the incidents began shortly after 2:30 a.m. on Levant Street. Units in the area were then told to look for a black Honda operating at a high rate of speed with no headlights on. Police say he aimed right at police cruisers twice, the last time shortly before he hit a tree at 1453 Dorchester Ave.