Police: Driver in rented Lamborghini leads cops on chase in Miami-Dade County

Chase ended on Florida’s Turnpike near Okeechobee Road exit

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A man behind the wheel of a rented Lamborghini SUV was taken into custody Monday morning following a police chase in Miami-Dade County, authorities confirmed.

Sky 10 was above the scene around 11 a.m. as the SUV was heading north on Florida’s Turnpike near Doral.

After hitting three vehicles at three separate locations, the driver eventually pulled over just south of the Okeechobee Road exit and got out of the vehicle, authorities said.

Officers ordered him to the ground at gunpoint and took him into custody.

According to Miami-Dade police Detective Angel Rodriguez, the police department’s aviation unit was assisting another county on an unrelated matter when they spotted the SUV driving very fast near the Turnpike and Southwest 88th Street.

Rodriguez said the aviation unit relayed the information to a patrol unit, which attempted to pull over the vehicle, but the driver fled from the officer.

A white McLaren was later spotted at the scene where the police chase ended. Police confirmed that the driver of the McLaren is the owner of the rental car company.

No other details were immediately released by authorities.


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