Wrong Way Corrigan 
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Police in the neighboring town of Garfield, NJ noticed a green Mitsubishi sports car driving erratically on a local thorofare at about 9am in the morning. When they tried to pull the driver over, he refused to stop. Instead, he lead them on a low speed chase through Garfield and into neighboring Westfield.
Once in Westfield, he began zig-zagging through town while working his way towards a major highway, Route 22. Finally, the driver makes a sudden turn and loses sight of the pursuing police. He immediately makes another turn and accelerates down a long, straight residential street. Unfortunately, he must have missed one of the signs on the street--the sign which said "No Exit".
Our fugitive was now travelling quite fast when he noticed that the road narrowed ahead of him. Oops! That wasn't the road narrowing, that was the driveway belonging to the house at the end of the street. He hit the driveway without braking, hit a bump at the end of the driveway and was airborne off the sharp bluff behind the house.
Police say his car went 40 feet into the air and 300 feet downrange before landing in a wooded area at the base of the bluff. The car broke into numerous pieces and the driver was killed instantly.
Submitted on 12/21/2002
Submitted by:
Jim Laidlaw
Reference:
Courier-News 12/18/02
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