East Cleveland Police Chief said they followed and attempted to stop the erratic driver safely before he veered into the opposite lane and crashed into two vehicles.
CLEVELAND — East Cleveland Police were trying to get a suspected drunk driver off of the road when that driver veered into the opposite lane of traffic and crashed into two cars, critically injuring an 11-month old baby inside one of the cars, police said.
East Cleveland Police Chief Brian Gerhard said one of his officers located the white Ford SUV the woman described and attempted to stop the driver. “We are in the opposite lane of traffic. He is driving multiple cars off the road, signal 19, maybe a signal 20,” said the officer over the radio as they were following the driver.
“I looked up and see East Cleveland Police, you could see this white Expedition and he’s speeding erratically. He jumped the curb and almost hit me. I jumped back,” said Smith. “He guns it, goes to the far left lane, crosses over and gets into oncoming traffic.” “Having a wife and kids, if something was to happen to them I would hope someone would do something,” said Smith. “Do the right thing. All the stuff we see on T.V. and social media, we see someone recording rather than helping them.”
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