Oh, the humanity

By Doug Page | Monday, November 23, 2009, 02:47 PM

Englewood police arrived on the horrific scene on Katy Street in the pre-dawn hours of a Thursday.

Destruction was everywhere. Four garbage cans and five recycling bins where scattered from curb to curb, the maimed wreckage of a pickup truck gone bad.

According to police reports, an officer on Wenger Road heard the squealing of tires, the screaming of a revved engine and the distinctive full-throated rumble of a bad muffler. He spotted a pickup truck matching that auditory description and gave chase as the vehicle blew through stop signs, fish-tailed through curves and hopped curbs to make tight turns. At speeds of 40 mph, the pickup drove through a yard then into a field near First Baptist Church in an effort to elude.

Rather than follow the offending vehicle, the officer waited on the street as the pickup tore circles through the field until it was mired in the mud. The driver then rabbited toward a nearby apartment complex.

By this time, other officers arrived and began a systematic search for the driver. He was found in one of the complex’s buildings, huddled in a corner. According to police, the gentleman stunk of drink, and was extremely emotional and incoherent.

The gentleman declined a breath test, but admitted to driving his truck. The rest, as they say, was all a blur.

What police determined was the gentleman hadn’t had a valid license since 2006 and had taken his father’s truck without permission.

He was taken to the county lockup on a laundry list of charges, ranging from drunk driving to failure to comply. Back on Katy, the recovery resumed at dawn as city workers cleaned up the mess.

No word on the medical condition of the garbage cans or recycling bins.

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