Police chase comes to crashing end in Whole Foods parking lot

AVENTURA, Fla. ā€“ A police chase came to a crashing halt in a Whole Foods parking lot in northern Miami-Dade County.

Authorities said they were pursuing a suspected car thief.

Cell phone video in the parking lot of the Aventura supermarket shows the man briefly running away before heā€™s tackled by officers.

The dramatic moments played out in the usually busy shopping plaza near Northeast 213th Street & Biscayne Boulevard.

Witnesses said the suspect was behind the wheel of a red minivan, which now has a smashed front end after the speeding driver lost control.

The crash ended when the suspectā€™s vehicle hit a parked silver Nissan and a tree.


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Terrell Forney joined Local 10 News in October 2005 as a general assignment reporter. He was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, but a desire to escape the harsh winters of the north brought him to South Florida.