Overview
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says agents tried to stop a car that fled and, according to ICE, struck three government vehicles before the chase ended on Thursday, June 4.
- The fleeing vehicle lost control near Warwick Street and Whitlock Avenue on Detroit’s west side, drove through a yard fence, hit a garage and came to rest on top of two parked cars.
- Detroit Fire Department crews found the 30-year-old driver impaled by a metal fence post that entered through the windshield and treated him breathing and conscious; he remains in critical condition.
- A video obtained by neighbors shows firefighters removing the driver with the pole still protruding, and witnesses said the crash badly damaged vehicles and property and alarmed families with children on the block.
- Detroit police and ICE left the scene hours after the crash and officials say an investigation is ongoing, a development that could lead to agency reviews or policy questions about pursuits in residential areas.