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SEE IT: Video Of Police Chase In South Boston Goes Viral For Odd Reason
A video showing a short police chase and arrest in South Boston has gone viral after commenters were astonished by the number of patrol cars involved in the pursuit.
Kailyn Almeida, 23, of Bridgewater, and Christopher A. Meade, 30, of Malden, were arrested following the chase on Monday, Dec. 11, State Police said.
The chase began just after 10 p.m. when a trooper tried to pull over a white Acadia in Dorchester near the Neponset Avenue bridge.
Almeida, the driver, refused to stop, police said, and sped through South Boston and Castle Island. That's where state troopers used spike strips …
(Update) Hit, Run Crash: Man, Age 30, Seriously Injured In South Boston, Police Say
A man was critically injured after a car crashed into him, sending him flying into the air and slamming back into the ground in South Boston, authorities said.
The man, approximately 30 years old, was walking across Columbia Road at the Exit 14 ramp from Route 93 North before 2:30 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 10, when a red sedan slammed into him, Boston police said. The man, whose name was not released, received potentially life-threatening injuries in the crash.
The sedan, possibly a Honda Accord with dual tailpipes, was driving east on Columbia Road when it smashed into the man, th…